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Saving Central Park

Saving Central Park

Horses and carriages have always been a part of the history and enjoyment of Central Park. They move at a slow walking speed, are well cared for in comfortable stables and often offer the only opportunities for children to see horses.

HISTORY NOW: 727 Washington Street

HISTORY NOW: 727 Washington Street

Greenwich Village in the late 19th century had matured from a rural village to an important commercial center as the rapidly growing New York City expanded north.

Defund, But Do It Right

Defund, But Do It Right OPINION By Alec Pruchnicki, MD Recently, the Progressive Caucus of the New York City Council was ripped apart because of a demand that all members sign a pledge to decrease funding for the police and increase funding for alternative services to...

H&H Fruits and Grocery

H&H Fruits and Grocery

H&H Fruits and Grocery Best Deal in the Village H&H Fruits and Grocery, nestled on the west side of 6th Avenue between 11th and 12th Streets, has the best price for great coffee in the Village. While the “Bistro” across the street charges $2.75 for a small cup...

Bleecker Street Gift Guide

Bleecker Street Gift Guide

By SHANNON MCNAMARA Bleecker Street is one of my favorite streets in the West Village, mainly because it’s the street I play something I call the “window shopping” game on. This is an activity I love, especially when the weather is nice. I do it while grabbing a scoop...

Saving Cornelia Street

Saving Cornelia Street

Like anyone else on this block I grew to love our restaurants and their owners as they were, local and respecting boundaries. Nothing is perfect, but Cornelia always had a pretty good balance I thought.

Decision Against Planned Seaport Tower Good News for the Village

Decision Against Planned Seaport Tower Good News for the Village

The $850 million project was planned to include 190 market-rate condos and 80 below-market apartments, with a five-story base of office, retail and community uses. Work on the site so far has involved excavation and removal of soil contaminated by a thermometer factory that once occupied the property.

NYU and BOE versus Morton Williams and LaGuardia Gardens

NYU and BOE versus Morton Williams and LaGuardia Gardens

By Roger Paradiso The last time I got involved with New York University’s insatiable appetite for expansion was 2015 when I did a film called The Lost Village. I surprised many who saw the film when I said that NYU was one of the largest landlords in New York City....

West Villager and Retired FBI Agent Arrested as Double Agent!

West Villager and Retired FBI Agent Arrested as Double Agent!

est 13th Street residents were amazed to find out that one of their neighbors, Charles McGonical, was not only a former Special Agent in Charge of the FBI New York Counterintelligence Division, but was also indicted and arrested for conspiring to commit money laundering and money laundering at the behest of a Russian oligarch

These sneakers were made for driving

These sneakers were made for driving

These sneakers were made for driving, if you can believe this scene on Washington Street in the Meat Packing District of the West Village. Carefully modeled to mimic one of Van’s actual sneaker lines, this pair of mobile shoes are promotional vehicles that made a...

Trailer on West Tenth Street

Trailer on West Tenth Street

The Department of Transportation has carefully marked off the lanes at the far west end of West Tenth Street, along the 150 Charles condos and townhouses. In this view looking west from Washington Street, the parking lane is at the right, the bicycle lane is in the...

Maggie Berkvist, Goodbye Dear Friend

Maggie Berkvist, Goodbye Dear Friend

IN MEMORIAM by Caroline Benveniste MAGGIE BERKVIST, celebrating her birthday a few years ago at Left Bank, surrounded by friends. Maggie Berkvist (née Bellward) passed away at Bellevue Hospital on December 9, 2022, after surgery to repair a broken hip. She was 94...

Urban Legibility: Where are We?

Urban Legibility: Where are We?

by Barry Benepe HOW TO FIND OUR WAY. What if we replaced the words "one way" with the name of the street? Photo by Ede Rothaus. I propose a radical idea: Let us get rid of free curbside car parking. Though admittedly not as radical as George Capsis’ proposal that...

Is Broadway Back?

Is Broadway Back?

Early in September there were major announcements about new shows opening; shows that would be uplifting, humorous and that could make audiences feel good again. Ninety percent of these shows appear to be comedies

No to Hate in Our Community

No to Hate in Our Community

By Arthur Z. Schwartz "REALLY AWFUL, AWFUL STUFF". Vile epithets written in chalk on the sidewalk in front of Erik Bottcher's apartment building. Photo courtesy of Erik Bottcher. On December 4, the New York Times ran a full page story titled “Druggings, Deaths and...