Back in the Theatre District
By Gordon Hughes It’s about time. On August 18, 2021 I was back in Gotham for the first time in almost a year and a […]
Everything Old is New Again in the West Village
By Gordon Hughes As Peter Allen once sang, “Everything old is new again.” Boy, that sure is the case in the West Village. I was […]
Broadway
By Gordon Hughes On, or approximately, March 7th, 2020 eight musicals I was involved in closed down. Went dark. Curtains not going up nightly. Not […]
Missing My West Village
By Gordon Hughes Well, it’s been just over a year since I left my co-op in the West Village and since writing my column for […]
A Good Smoke
By Gordon Hughes Rudyard Kipling once wrote, “And a woman is only a woman but a good Cigar is a Smoke.” Now, reciting that line […]
Co-op Boards Adapt to Present-Day Demands
By Gordon Hughes A few months ago I read, with interest, an article in the New York Times real estate section regarding the changing face […]
A Remarkable Man
By Gordon Hughes A remarkable West Village native passed away on December 25th, Christmas afternoon. He had just wished his granddaughter a Merry Christmas, sat […]
The Bus Stop Cafe
By Gordon Hughes Immigration is such a hot topic today. I guess this is an issue that has always faced us as a nation going […]
November Means Thanksgiving in the West Village
By Gordon Hughes I sit on an outside bench at Cafe Panino Mucho Gusto in a heavy shirt, and there’s a chill in the air. […]
Halloween in the Village. Oh Boy.
By Gordon Hughes It’s October and you begin to see a remarkable change in the West Village. It’s not just the weather. Yes, the trees […]
A September Ritual
By Gordon Hughes Just like the swallows that return to Capistrano, New Yorkers return to the West Village at the same time every September. As […]
Country Mouse, City Mouse
By Gordon Hughes One morning while sitting in my favorite coffee joint, Cafe Panino Mucho Gusto, I overheard a couple talking about Southern Chester County, […]
Everything Old Is New Again on Bleecker St.
By Gordon T. Hughes Peter Allen co-wrote a song titled “Everything Old Is New Again.” The song was a hit and used in a show […]
Dress Code
There really is a distinct difference between West Village garb and that of the folks who live north of 14th Street. Recently, I went north […]