Memories of Ann Carroll of West 11th Street
Memories of Ann Carroll of West 11th Street Written by Paul Carroll with input from Suzanne...
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Month: May 2023
Renaissance Street Singers
Since 1973 The Renaissance Street Singers of New York have sung 15th and 16th Century music a capella on the sidewalks and in the public places of New York, especially in the quiet spaces of Greenwich Village (the above photo was taken just outside the Cherry Lane Theatre).
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Greenwich House Spectacular Culinary Experience
Greenwich House, a non-profit organization providing social services and arts programs to the community, is excited to announce its annual culinary fundraising event, Taste of Greenwich House.
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Haiti In Crisis
Haiti In Crisis By Carol F. Yost Ever since the assassination of President Jovenel Moise on July...
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Village Trivia. A Most Unusual Parapet
The three homes were all built in 1861 for George P. Rogers. One displays the segmental-arched window lintels with heavy cornices of this period. The other two houses have different floor levels and square-headed sash with single vertical muntins.
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Windswept Memories Remembered and Lost in ‘shadow/land’
This is a play about family, love, loss, memories and hopes set in New Orleans against the backdrop of the first day of Hurricane Katrina.
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Night of True Crime in the West Village
The Arden of Faversham provided some hearty laughs, and an unexpected opportunity to link our modern culture’s fascination with true crime podcasts back to 16th Century England
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Returns From Amazonia
It’s All my Fault! Returns From Amazonia By Duane Scott Cerny Online shopping is now as ubiquitous...
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People with Disabilities Will Take on Transportation Alternatives
Nearly every person I know who is blind or has low vision, or is a senior citizen as well as many who use mobility devices, have stories to tell about being struck or grazed by speeding cyclists.
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Welcoming Words
I believe many people are interested in more deeply understanding and celebrating who and what the Village was and is now as well as what we are becoming. It appears to me that VV is already adding its own resources to that possibility.
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Vintage 1890s Bicycle
Something old, something new appeared on our street in mid-April, in the form of this non-conformist biker. Styled like a vintage 1890s bicycle with its huge front wheel and tiny rear wheel, the rider has to climb up to get to its seat
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Input Needed on Affordable Housing
Plans are being formulated to construct a 100 percent affordable housing development on a vacant city-owned lot at 388 Hudson Street at Clarkson Street. Input is needed on key elements of the plan
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Tree sleeper
Coming upon this bizarre sight in the Hudson River Park one morning, at first it looked like someone had hung out a blanket to dry, but as we approached, we saw the foot with shoe dangling out of the edge
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How to Save the Greenwich Village We Knew and Loved
We must help bring back the young artists and people who made the Village special. They lived in the Village and worked here in the clubs whether they were on stage or waiters and cooks. Let’s not forget our seniors, who made the Village an artist’s community when they were younger. Without them the Village is not the Village. It’s just another expensive place in the city.
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Gansevoort Market District Avoids Disaster
To stop this potential disaster from destroying one of the oldest intact corners of Lower Manhattan, the community and city went to work, demanding the developer to restore (the intact 19th century painted signage on the buildings
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- My New Life Partner
It Was All Meant to Be in The West Village. I met Howard 20 years ago when the Queens native was starting his second company in the Connecticut suburbs where he lived and worked. We connected over shared philosophy and he hired me to work for his new health media business.