Erik Bottcher Wants to Be Your Council Member
By Michael D. Minichiello Erik Bottcher is running to represent District 3—which includes Greenwich Village—in the New York City Council. Since 2015 he has served […]
West Village Original: Michael D. Minichiello
By Michael D. Minichiello It was in the October 2008 issue of WestView that George kindly published my first West Village Original article. Since then, […]
West Village Original: Andrew Berman
By Michael D. Minichiello This month’s honorary West Village Original is Andrew Berman, Executive Director of Village Preservation (formerly GVSHP) since 2002. Berman was born […]
West Village Original: Suzanne Poli
By Michael D. Minichiello This month’s West Village Original is photographer Suzanne Poli, born in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Poli’s photographs are represented in the collections of […]
West Village Original: Andrew Rubenfeld
By Michael D. Minichiello This month’s West Village Original is editor, college professor, and avid bird watcher Andrew Rubenfeld, born in Beth Israel Hospital in […]
West Village Original: Stephen Hall
By Michael D. Minichiello This month’s West Village Original is painter Stephen Hall, born in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1954. A resident of Westbeth, Hall has […]
West Village Original: John Gilman
By Michael D. Minichiello This month’s West Village Original is author and journalist John Gilman, born in Honolulu, Hawaii. With his life partner Robert Heide, […]
West Village Original: Denise Marsa
By Michael D. Minichiello This month’s West Village Original is singer/songwriter Denise Marsa, born in Trenton, New Jersey, in 1954. In addition to a decades-long […]
Jackson Square Park Reopens After Extensive Renovation
By Michael D. Minichiello On April 2nd at 11:00 a.m., City Council Speaker Corey Johnson and others will preside over a newly renovated Jackson Square […]
West Village Original: Suzy Chase
By Michael D. Minichiello This month’s West Village Original is cookbook podcaster Suzy Chase, born in Illinois in 1967 and raised in Prairie Village, Kansas. […]
West Village Original: Marshall W. Mason
By Michael D. Minichiello This month’s West Village Original is director Marshall W. Mason, born in Amarillo, Texas in 1940. Mason co-founded the Circle Repertory […]
West Village Original: Jenny Tango
By Michael D. Minichiello This month’s West Village Original is artist Jenny Tango, born Florence Exler in Brooklyn in 1926. A visual artist working collaboratively […]
West Village Original: Edith Stephen
By Michael D. Minichiello This month’s West Village Original is dancer and filmmaker Edith Stephen, who was born in Salamanca, New York, in 1919 and […]
West Village Original: David Plakke
By Michael D. Minichiello This month’s West Village Original is photographer David Plakke, born in Michigan in 1951. A resident of Westbeth for 22 years, […]