Pruitt-Igoe, a Lesson in City Planning Gone Wrong
By Eric Uhlfelder Pruitt-Igoe, the housing project pictured last month on the front page of WestView as it was being demolished, didn’t fail only due […]
Thoughts About the Presidential Primary and Debating Deborah Glick
By Arthur Z. Schwartz April, for me, was a month of highs and lows—in the political arena. Since I like to be transparent now in […]
What’s in a name? – Part 2
By Caroline Benveniste In the April issue of WestView News we featured a photo of the “Triangle” park on Greenwich Avenue between 11th and 12th […]
The Isaacs-Hendricks House
By Justin Matthews The Isaacs-Hendricks House at 77 Bedford Street, built in 1799, is the oldest house in the West Village, and one of the […]
A ROYAL BIRTHDAY TREAT
On April 21st, members of the ‘special relationship’ also enjoyed a special celebration marking Queen Elizabeth‘s 90th birthday. West Village favorite, Li-Lac Chocolates, was chosen to be […]
History of D’Agostino’s
By Caroline Benveniste On the awning of its store on Greenwich Street between Bethune and W. 12th, D’Agostino’s boasts that it has been “Family Owned […]
West Village Original: SuZen
By Michael D. Minichiello This month’s West Village Original is photographer SuZen, born in Beth Israel Hospital and raised in Brooklyn. Her artwork has grown […]
The Legacy of Lisa Steinberg:
The Children’s Safety Project at Greenwich House Hosts Benefit Luncheon for New York City Children Who Are Victims of Abuse By Joe Salas A Fist Killed Lisa […]
Doris Diether: The Lady Who Wouldn’t Let the Music Stop
By Brian Pape If you’ve lived in Greenwich Village as long as Doris Diether has, you’ve seen a lot of strange things. But Doris […]
Unlocking the Potential of a Notorious Women’s Prison: Jail to Become Hub for Social Justice
By Leslie Adatto In a rare twist of poetic justice in NYC real estate, a women’s prison that, as recently as five years ago, earned […]
Traces of History: From Greenwich Village to Saugerties, New York
I have been living in Greenwich Village since 1971 on the fourth floor of a five floor walk-up tenement built by Alexander Mactier in 1851; […]
In and Out
Recently Opened Asian kitchen MIGHTY bowl, 120 MacDougal Street: This newly opened, reasonably priced spot, already has a number of extremely positive Yelp reviews for its rice […]
New York is at a Crossroads
By Lynn Ellsworth New York is at a crossroads. Big Real Estate wants to remake our city in the style of Dubai. Their goal: Drown […]
Arthur Schwartz to Silver Judge: NO LENIENCY!
April 28, 2016 Dear Judge Caproni: The undersigned is an attorney who has spent 38 years representing working people in employment and occupational safety matters, […]
Science from Away: Carbon—The Source of Climate Change
By Mark M Green (sciencefromaway.com) Carbon is a great element. It loves to bond with itself leading to all that fat around our midsections. Carbon […]
Fracking at Your Neighborhood Nuclear Power Plant
By Reverend Donna Schaper There are 30 million people near enough to the Indian Point Power Plant to be affected by any difficulty or disaster […]
Caruso’s Quips
By Charles Caruso Everyone laughs at the boss’s jokes. ………. You’re middle-aged when you bring a chair to the beach. ………. Blood is thicker […]
Surrealism in the Subway
By Alec Pruchnicki With police profiling many young black and Hispanic males as criminals, at least before the recent decrease in stop and frisk searches, […]