Diller Island is Dead
By George Capsis At 7:00 a.m. on September 22nd, I came out of the shower to a ringing phone and stood, still dripping, as Westview […]
By George Capsis At 7:00 a.m. on September 22nd, I came out of the shower to a ringing phone and stood, still dripping, as Westview […]
By Arthur Z. Schwartz The fight to keep Beth Israel open took a major step forward on September 24th. Over 100 neighbors gathered outside the […]
By George Capsis You, and only you, reading these words, can have and give to others a 120-year-old marble-clad Gothic hall in which to hear […]
Hi George, St. Veronica’s is a spectacular space with healing qualities. Apart from using it for concerts, I feel that it could be a great […]
Dear Mr. Capsis, I was greatly taken aback and offended to read the copy accompanying Maggie Berkvist’s photo on page 29 of the September issue. […]
Dear George, As President of the City Club of New York, one of the three plaintiffs in the Pier 55 (a.k.a. Diller Island) litigation, I’ve […]
Dear James, I wanted to thank you for the commentary you provided in your advertisement in the Op-Ed section of the New York Times on […]
Bernadyne M. Pape (née Eckl), 96, passed away in her sleep at home on Sunday, September 3, 2017, surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Pape […]
Woken in the middle of the night by a call from a panicked woman whose husband had just been arrested, Ken Williams, an African-American attorney […]
An interesting quality-of-life matter in the Village concerns the enormous amount of abandoned bicycles all over the City—and particularly the Village. One does not need […]
The photo credit for the expanded caption in the August 2017 issue, “New Construction Above Gourmet Garage” (page 3), should be IBI Group — Gruzen […]
Teddy Capsis (Number 91) lunges onto the field for one of his best games of the new season on September 9, 2017. Teddy ended the […]
By Barbara Riddle It’s in the nature of teenage girls—it’s almost their job description—to disrespect their mothers, to assert their independence as part of the […]
By Michael D. Minichiello This month’s West Village Original is Richard Eric Weigle, organizer and host of the third annual Greenwich Village Film Festival, which […]
By Barry Benepe Unlike New York City, Paris has insisted on strong limitations for building heights throughout its historic center. Following the array of boulevards […]
On July 23, 2017, the last mass was held at the Church of St. Veronica (149 Christopher Street, between Greenwich and Washington Streets). The church […]
Council Member Corey Johnson is term-limited and out-of- office in 2021. It will be an open race. Already, there appears to be one candidate circulating: […]
By Allyn Freeman In the August 2017 issue of Westview, I wrote an article suggesting that 7th Avenue South be renamed to honor Jane Jacobs […]