Parsons School of Design Runway Show Ornamented Fifth Avenue
By Karen Rempel | Fashion Editor As part of the New School’s graduation festivities at the end of May, the Parsons School of Design held […]
Lenox Hill Hospital Plan Includes Park Avenue Condo
By Brian J Pape, AIA, LEED-AP Superstorm Sandy hit Manhattan hard in 2012, two days before Halloween. East River hospitals were crippled, transferring patients to […]
Gansevoort Peninsula Conundrum
By Brian J Pape, AIA, LEED-AP The Hudson River Park Trust (HRPT) has completed 72% of the entire park construction which started over 20 years […]
Let Us Now Praise Judson Church
By Jane Heil Usyk Judson Memorial Church, a mainstay on Washington Square South, has been on the right side of hundreds of causes since the nineteenth century. […]
It’s My Park Weekend in the West Village
It didn’t rain. For the first time in five weekends the skies were clear. All across New York City, on May 18th and 19th, volunteers […]
The New School—A Galaxy of Great Names
What follows is a chapter entitled “1955—The Village Finds Its Voice,” from the soon to be released book “A Drama in Time,” by John Reed. […]
White Horse
To Charlie McKenna, Re: Your letter to the Editor dated April 2019 We agree with you completely. Usually, it is Steve Croman raising the rent […]
Food Scrap Collection
Dear Editor: The food scrap collection article in the April issue of WestView had an immediate impact on local recycling efforts. Literally upon the day […]
Pier 40 Public Forum
I’m speaking for Friends of the Earth, an environmental group with a 45 year history of work to stop over-development in the Hudson River from […]
Litigation Over 14th Street Changes and SBS Bus Changes Coming Soon
As WestView goes to press, two lawsuits are about to be filed by my office addressed to the efforts of DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg to […]
Save the Bus Stop!
Hi George: I’ve just sent off the following letter to elected officials and others regarding the M14A service: What is the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s purpose […]
Stop Privatization of Pier 40, Says CB2
By Bruce Trigg, MD A new generation of Robert Moses-style power brokers plan to privatize the last major public space in Lower Manhattan—if we let […]