Assembly Member Glick: Dirty Money and Questionable Expenditures
By Arthur Z. Schwartz Everyone who reads WestView knows that Deborah Glick and I have some profound disagreements about policy, going back to my support […]
Then and Now on West Street
. . . . . When Grover Cleveland was president, this is what West Street looked like—now known as the West Side Highway, New […]
Public Comment Period for Pier 55
By Deborah J. Glick As you may know, Hudson River Park Trust, in partnership with the Diller – von Furstenberg Family Foundation, is proposing the […]
How a Changing Community Stays the Same
By Joseph Salas This month, 113 years ago, an enthusiastic woman moved in to a high stooped row house on Jones Street determined to uplift […]
Development Plan Would Obliterate, Not ‘Change’ Landmarked Gansevoort Street
By Andrew Berman More than 100 people attended an October 15 Community Board public hearing on an application to the Landmarks Preservation Commission for some […]
FDNY Squad 18 Remembers
By Justin Enzmann and K. Sharp FDNY Squad 18, which is located on West 10th Street between Greenwich Avenue and Waverly Place, is one of […]
A Simple History of Ubiquitous Fire Escapes
By Brian J. Pape You know the fire escapes I’m talking about, the iron staircases attached to the walls of buildings all over NYC. Some […]
The Literary Heritage of Greenwich Village, Part 1
By Alan Wexler While wandering through the narrow and winding streets of New York City’s Greenwich Village neighborhood, it’s difficult not to stumble upon connections […]
Stanford White’s Gravestone
Following up my article on the history of the Jefferson Market branch library as a courthouse (WVN, Dec. 2014), and the arraignment there of Harry […]
Brooklyn Grows in the Village
By David Porat Brooklyn Fare, a neighborhood food store from downtown Brooklyn, is replacing the D’Agostinos in the Archives Building at 666 Greenwich Street at […]
Love is NOT for Wimps
By Christina Winholt Raccuia We all strive for autonomy and self-sufficiency, however it can also rob us of true intimacy. “I can take care of […]
Science from Away: Out of Life and In Life
By Mark M. Green (sciencefromaway.com) I’m old enough to remember cars that knocked, especially when too much was asked of the engine, as when accelerating […]
Jefferson Market University: The New York Character
Thursday, November 12, 7 pm By Matt Whitman As an ongoing, provisional history textbook of New York City, modern and contemporary cinema populates the city […]
Social Skills and Behavior
By Ron Elve No parent will be surprised to hear that recent research highlights the increasing importance of competent social skills and behavior. The direction […]
To Talk of Many Things
By Keith Michael “The time has come,” the Walrus said, “To talk of many things: Of shoes—and ships—and sealing-wax— Of cabbages—and kings— And why […]
Phone Scams Rampant
By Maggie Berkvist “THIS IS A CALL CONCERNING A LEGAL CASE FILED AGAINST YOUR NAME WITH THE UNITED STATES TREASURY. THIS IS OFFICER (mumble mumble) […]
Dames at Sea—Before and After
By Robert Heide A new Broadway production of Dames at Sea opened at the Helen Hayes Theater on Thursday, October 22. This is a milestone […]