PRAISE FOR VILLAGE VIEW!
A pal just snail mailed me both February and March issues of The Village View. Love the name and positioning of the paper! Content is really strong and helpful to our community.
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E-BIKE FEARS
I am over 90, in good health, and I love living in Greenwich Village. For over 50 years, I have enjoyed walking the sidewalks of the Village. But I am resigned to the fact that I will not die a natural death. No, I will have been mowed down by an e-bike. They own the sidewalks. They have missed me by inches. It’s only a matter of time.
Read Morenotary service CHANGE
Many legal documents including wills, powers of attorney, contracts, leases, court documents, deed transfers and many more require that they be notarized. Notarization involves verifying a signer’s identity, their willingness to sign without intimidation and their awareness of the document’s contents. Getting legal documents notarized is an important process for those reasons.
Read MoreSENIOR ID TO PURCHASE ALCOHOL?
On Friday, March 10, I took a bottle of wine to the checkout counter and I was refused service. They asked for a Drivers License for ID. I don’t have a Drivers License. I showed them my Reduced Fare MTA MetroCard Photo ID Pass but that wasn’t good enough. I showed them my Medicare Social Security card and that wasn’t good enough either. Because of a new system they claim they needed to scan a Drivers License which shows my birth age. I told them my birth date but that wasn’t good enough.
Read MoreWhen the NYCDOT and the Bike Lobby Marry
COUNTER-POINT OPINION RE: When the NYCDOT and the Bike Lobby Marry, advertisement on page 24 of the March 2023 edition. Dear Editors, I appreciate how our community media provide a forum for diverse ideas or opinions, as Village...
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Greenwich Village Stories
Greenwich Village has old-timers, who wax nostalgic about the Greenwich Village that once was. Our iconic neighborhood has changed so much in recent decades that its previous life seems like a world virtually unknown to New Yorkers today
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Village Preservation Seeks to Preserve Our Lady of Guadalupe, New York City’s First Spanish Church
The historic Our Lady of Guadalupe Church at 229-231 West 14th Street was founded in 1902 in two adjacent 1850 townhouses that had belonged to the storied Delmonico Family; the current Spanish Baroque facade dates to 1921.
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Albany Has the Money to Provide Families with Quality Legal Representation
Opinion Albany Has the Money to Provide Families with Quality Legal Representation The question...
Read MoreThe Future of Open Dining: Closing Time is Long Past
New York City is littered with the deteriorating detritus of the pandemic emergency outdoor dining program. Once beautiful and distinctive neighborhoods like Williamsburg, Jackson Heights, Astoria, Chelsea, Chinatown, Flushing and Greenwich Village are now a tangle of makeshift and decaying sheds festooned with fake flowers and sad, limp strings of cheap lights—an embarrassment to their residents and a repellent eyesore to visitors.
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Striving for Equity for the Disability Community
The 504 Democratic Club began 40 years ago and continues to push for equity for the disability community in New York City. Led by Mike Schweinsburg, an East Villager, the club works with officials and civil rights groups to increase awareness of the disability community and enact protective laws.
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Spring Forward
As I head north along the promenade, a gray blur swoops in front of me, landing at eye level on a branch just ahead. Excellent. It’s an Eastern Phoebe, always one of the first returning birds of the spring.
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Goodbye and Hello
We were also delighted to learn Imogen is new to the Village, so here we are welcoming her to the neighborhood. A fun fact: she learned how to open the door to her crate.
Read MoreAn Ask for Dog Walkers of the Village
An Ask for Dog Walkers of the Village By Shannon McNamara It’s not lost on me that the topic of owners and their dogs (especially here in New York City) is an incredibly personal one. As my brother-in-law once told me, “Shannon,...
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DiNapoli: NYC Parks Can Do More to Correct Barriers to People With Disabilities
Federal law demands equal access to public spaces, but we found hundreds of barriers to people with disabilities in our city parks, playgrounds and beaches. The City has made progress over the years, particularly making new projects accessible, but many of the problems we found have existed for years and should have been addressed long ago.
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The Biodesigned World at the Jefferson Market Library
Within the design field, there is a practice we have modernly called Biodesign. This method of making draws inspiration from and collaborates with natural processes and biological organisms. During this lecture series, we will explore the history of Biodesign to contextualize its modern expansion.
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- Rick Kelly, Carmine Street Guitars
Ever since Rick Kelly was growing up on Long Island and at Bay Shore High School, he was influenced by his machinist father and his German immigrant grandfather’s woodworking hobby in Brooklyn.
- Corcoran’s First Annual West Village Charity Dog Walk
A while back I wrote a column about a fun day coming to the West Village for dogs. (Also, cats but dogs are the main focus as cats cannot really be walked on leashes.) This event, “Uniquely Dogs,” will raise money for underprivileged pets, primarily dogs. So, I want to bring you up to speed and let you know what the event will look like and how it will be run.