Characters of the Village
Neighborhood
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Grove Street – Then And Now (Part 2)
How is it possible that one tiny street in Greenwich Village could have such an impact on history, pop culture, film, literature and lifestyle?
Food
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Three Girls Walk Into a Bar
My mother and I wanted to go to a new small place three blocks from my house. But there was a problem. This place is actually a bar, a wine bar with cocktails too.
Arts
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Was Greenwich House Founder Mary K. Simkhovitch a “Wonder Woman”? New Bio Says Yes
Greenwich House founder Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch unsettled me. For years, her portrait was the fusty focal point of the lobby of the settlement house’s main building at 27 Barrow Street ─ and as that large, looming, oh-so-respectable matron looked down on me from on high, I felt judged!
Business
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My View Around the Village
Polymarket, a prediction market, opened “New York’s First Free Grocery Store” at 7th Avenue and Charles Street.
Nature
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Frozenscapes
First, there was the January teaser snow storm. Next came the January big snow storm. Then, the February Hudson River ice moved in. I couldn’t get enough of the ice.
Parks
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In the Shadows
The city that never sleeps is asleep while residents lose agency over what happens to their neighborhood. With changes in building requirements from The City Of Yes (TCOY), which does not promote affordability, it is clear that administrative actions do not improve quality of life.
Culture
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The Rise and Fall of the YIMBY Consensus
The lack of affordable housing is a complex problem. And every complex problem, as the saying goes, has an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.
About Us
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The Village View Turns One!
In December, 2022 a group of former staffers from another Village monthly banded together to launch Village View as a new voice for Greenwich Village—West to East.
Scenes From the Street
- Giving and Receiving
In December 2001, when my husband, John, and I brought a pair of black-headed caiques into our lives, we had no experience as bird owners.