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Erik Bottcher Urges Mayor Adams to Address Humanitarian Crisis

Aug, 2024 | Neighborhood

New Yorkers suffering from serious mental illness, substance use disorder, and street homelessness are in need of help that they are not currently receiving. This heartbreaking reality not only causes suffering for these individuals, but also has an increasingly negative impact on residents and businesses as we enter the middle of summer. Areas in which the situation is particularly dire include – but are not limited to – the blocks west of Washington Square Park and the streets surrounding the W. 4th St. Subway Station in the West Village, Eighth Avenue in Chelsea and the Garment District, and the areas west of Times Square in Hell’s Kitchen.

Yon and Thither

Aug, 2024 | Nature

I might find myself at Fort Tilden, Queens sitting in the sand right outside the Piping Plover nesting barriers, hoping for a view of the diligent parents and their remaining chick. That “remaining” alludes to the rending drama of their having lost two other chicks to the vicissitudes of the weather or predation. No Amber Alert buzzed on my phone.

A Tale of “City of Yes” for Housing Opportunity

Aug, 2024 | Politics

In an extraordinary display of public engagement on July 10th, the City Planning Commission embarked on a marathon hearing to discuss the controversial “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity (COYHO)” proposal. This session, akin to the mythical Hunting for the Snark, shattered all duration records, stretching over 15 hours and concluding near 1:00 AM on July 11. Despite the grueling length, the commissioners remained remarkably focused and posed highly insightful questions throughout. Much like the elusive Snark in Lewis Carroll’s poem, affordable housing appears as a mirage that all the seekers strive to capture.

Dapolito Rec Center Proposed for Demolition

Aug, 2024 | Politics

For the last five years the Tony Dapolito Recreation Center has been closed for “repairs.” The extremely popular West Village Parks Department facility is located at Clarkson and Carmine Streets and still referred to as the “Carmine Street Pool” by generations of New Yorkers. In past years, a small sign posted outside the pool included a re-opening date. Not anymore.

Celebrate Marcel Proust’s 153rd Birthday

Jul, 2024 | Culture

“Deftly blending the personal and the historical, this program is an illuminating and accessible introduction to the life and work of Marcel Proust. Interviews with writers Dame Iris Murdoch, Shelby Foote, and writer-critic Roger Shattuck highlight the magnitude of Proust’s accomplishment, while dramatizations of key scenes from Proust’s life combine with rare archival footage to place his personal struggle in a historical context. The film was co-produced by William C. Carter, author of the critically acclaimed Proust biography. Archival interviews include Jean Cocteau, François Mauriac, and Celeste Albaret, Proust’s long-time friend and assistant.” Films Media Group

When is Enough Enough?

Jul, 2024 | Opinion

When is Enough Enough? By Siggy Raible One evening in mid-June, I was in my Greenwich Village apartment watching PBS’s evening news coverage of the Israel Hamas war. That evening the Palestinian death toll had reached 35,000...

What If?

Jul, 2024 | Joy In the Moment

Are you one of those people whose mind is busy thinking about “What if this?” or “What if that?” These ‘what if’ thoughts can have a big impact on you and your peace of mind. They can make you feel down and afraid of things that ‘may’ happen in the future or these thoughts can make you feel excited about the positive possibilities that may happen in the future.

The Village View — A Journalistic Gem

Jul, 2024 | About Us, Neighborhood, Opinion

Listen up fellow readers. Newspapers, it turns out, are no longer the primary purveyors of news, information and entertainment for people like us. Many factors have combined to account for this lamentable but not surprising turn of events.

64 University Place Struts Proudly

Jul, 2024 | Architecture, Neighborhood, Real Estate, Scenes From the Street

One of the most unusual recent apartment blocks built in Manhattan is nearing its exterior completion, with scaffolding coming down soon. 64 University Place, designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox Architects, is an 11-story residential building developed by Argo Real Estate and B Safal, a developer that began as Safal Constructions Pvt. Ltd. in Ahmedabad, India. The 125-foot-tall structure will produce 63,000 square feet of floor area for 28 condominium units, a gym, sauna and other amenities along with a reservable event space facing the landscaped interior courtyard, according to reports by YIMBY.

Barred! TONY DAPOLITO POOL CLOSURE

Jul, 2024 | Neighborhood

For the fourth consecutive year the Tony Dapolito swimming pool is closed to the public. The extremely popular pool—still affectionately referred to as “the Carmine Street pool” due to its location at the intersection of Carmine Street and Seventh Avenue South—remains under repair. With its iconic Keith Haring mural slowly fading from years of weather and its pool deck covered with dozens of tennis balls lobbed over its wall, unable to be reclaimed, combined with trash and dead leaves, the only signs of life are several saplings that have been able to establish themselves during the ensuing years. Stay tuned readers as the Village View continues its investigation of this irreplaceable West Village resource.

Take My Wife. Please!

Jul, 2024 | Culture, Humor, Opinion

Chivalry is dead. It had a good run throughout much of modern history with its zenith being the Gilded Age of manly manners, grace and honor. But by the mid-20th century chivalry was on its last wooden leg, taking its final shuffle when a single woman thought a man was holding open her door, only to find herself walking through a sheet of plate glass. Clearly, things had changed.

Bike Docking Charging Sites

Jul, 2024 | Neighborhood, Scenes From the Street

Did you know that the Citi Bike stations do not charge the e-bikes docked in them? E-bike batteries are charged in a warehouse and shuttled back and forth for manual swapping at the stations throughout the city.

Lenox Health Greenwich Village — Imaging

Jul, 2024 | Business, Health, Neighborhood, Wellness

In June we reported that Lenox Health Greenwich Village (LHGV) is not only an Emergency Department but offers a new way of providing health care to our community. We communicated with Tracy Feiertag, MS, DHA, Deputy Executive Director of LHGV and her team about their state-of-the-art Imaging Center.

Faberge Egg

Jul, 2024 | Culture, Health, Opinion, Wellness

There are a few reasons I love being a psychotherapist. First, I find it to be a singular honor and privilege to play a part in the stories of my clients. Also, I cannot think of a more rewarding career, one that is designed solely to decrease suffering and improve quality of life. Finally, I celebrate those moments where I see hope in the eyes of a client, or a recognition of his or her own greatness, or a long-abandoned hearty laugh. There’s nothing I’d rather do with my life. I consider myself so lucky to do this job.

The Honor of Co-named Streets — Dave Van Ronk Street

Jul, 2024 | Culture, History, Preservation, Scenes From the Street

Dave Van Ronk Street is located on West Washington Place between Barrow Street and Grove Street. The honoree is Brooklyn-born Dave Van Ronk (1936-2002), a folk music pioneer, an important figure in the American folk music revival and Greenwich Village’s scene in the 1960s, who was nicknamed the “Mayor of MacDougal Street.”

Author: kim

Erik Bottcher Urges Mayor Adams to Address Humanitarian Crisis

Yon and Thither

A Tale of “City of Yes” for Housing Opportunity

Dapolito Rec Center Proposed for Demolition

Celebrate Marcel Proust’s 153rd Birthday

When is Enough Enough?

What If?

The Village View — A Journalistic Gem

64 University Place Struts Proudly

Barred! TONY DAPOLITO POOL CLOSURE

Take My Wife. Please!

Bike Docking Charging Sites

Lenox Health Greenwich Village — Imaging

Faberge Egg

The Honor of Co-named Streets — Dave Van Ronk Street

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