Author: The Village View

Realmuto Plans a New Restaurant

One thing that is remarkable about this location is that it has never had a liquor license there before. This is a red flag for the neighborhood. The new restaurant, to be called Realmuto, will not be just any restaurant.

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Being Instead of Doing

When we are rushing, we are living in a state of resistance. It produces a state of consciousness that often comes about when we are feeling anxious.  It’s a lack of willingness to be in the present moment.

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It’s All my Fault!

Suddenly, all has changed: Life as you once knew it, ignored it, rarely appreciated it—is gone. In its place is a Rod Serling-perspired, alternative universe of places not misplaced, but replaced. The old town square once so familiar is now a parallelogram.

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Google Reveals New Office Plans

We have watched the search engine company, Google, grow in Greenwich Village over the years. Now we get to see the completion of a new headquarters building at 550 Washington Street for the mammoth corporation.

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Jefferson Market Through the Years

Parks are often the heart of a neighborhood, but public markets can serve that vital uniting function as well. A case in point is the Jefferson Market, bounded by Sixth Avenue, Greenwich Avenue, Christopher Street and West Tenth Street, forming a triangular block.

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Elissa

My spot here in Washington Square Park, of course, but also the end of Charles Street on the river, and Churchill Square at Downing Street. I am friendly with all sorts of people who are here.

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Local Events

April, 2026 - Jefferson Market Library, Greenwich House, NYU

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Village Pet Pages

  • The Story of Thackery Binx
    My boyfriend, being a big fan of the 1993 Hocus Pocus film, named her Thackery Binx. Well…she did bear the name Suba for the first couple weeks as she was first found in a Subaru, but why keep the trauma all her life?

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