Senior Share Apartments: Now Renting
By George Capsis I recently got a call from what sounded like a very nice senior lady who read my February 2018 front-page proposal to […]
Dr. Davis, We Need Frankness Not PR
By George Capsis I had an “Oh, wow!” moment when I read in the February 5th Villager article that Mount Sinai is “…‘leaning toward’ building […]
Readers’ Clicks
WestView contributor Caroline Benveniste recently captured this playful image in front of An’s Tae Kwon Do school at 162 7th Avenue South (near Perry Street): […]
End Robo Calls
Just out of the tub, soaking soapy wet, the phone rings and I step with pain-wracked knees in fear of falling to the demanding ring […]
Modern Middle Eastern Dining in the West Village
By Caroline Benveniste As I planned our January visit to Tel Aviv, I confess that I mostly focused on food. I had a long list […]
In and Out
This month, the big real estate news was that Google, in its quest to obtain more office space, was not only buying the Chelsea Market […]
Linking Residents in Distress and Neighborhood Community Officers
By Jessica Berk According to the New York Police Department (NYPD), the new model of policing will be the Neighborhood Community Officer (NCO), to bridge […]
New Fence for the Jane Street Garden
By Barry Benepe A new cast iron picket fence, similar to the one now surrounding Abingdon Square Park, will be erected around the Jane Street […]
Abingdon Square Food Paradise: A Sequel
By Barry Benepe In the January 2018 issue of WestView, I described some of the farmers that came into the city from the surrounding region […]
Verizon Outage
Dear George: I assume you’re aware of the outage caused by a contractor’s cutting of an exchange cable at 17th Street and 7th Avenue. This […]
It All Started with Pop-Pop
By Dierdre Anderson Pop-Pop, aka Vincent Scailo, my Italian grandfather, sparked my initial love for food. Namely, the preparation part. Growing up, family get-togethers were […]
The Song that Changes Lives
By Helene Abrams and David Giller Something very special happened to the children of P.S. 55 in the Bronx: A song wove a room full […]