Characters of the Village
Neighborhood
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Earth Day Clothing Swap at Pier 57
On a sunny Saturday in April at Pier 57, dozens of people looked through a variety of clothes from jean skirts to exercise leggings carefully laid out on folding tables. “This is really cute!” and “what do you think about this?” could be heard from the various attendees throughout the space.
Food
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New Kids on the Block
The Village doesn’t have too many quick order burger shops once you peel off McDonald‘s and Burger King—don’t get me wrong, some of the best burgers in NYC are in the Village, but you can’t just run in and grab one.
Arts
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Katie’s Mom-A New Indie Comedy that Resembles The Graduate
The narrative of this film is essentially The Graduate from a woman’s perspective. It’s about a recently divorced middle-aged mom who has an affair with her daughter’s boyfriend when she returns home during holiday break.
Business
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Bleecker Street Beat – Zuri
Seven years ago, walking west along Bleecker Street headed to the Abingdon Square Greenmarket, I passed a small store with two colorful dresses pinned by wooden clothespins to a line hanging in the window. It was Zuri, an African centered clothing and crafts shop.
Nature
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Me First
It’s spring migration season, and it’s BIRDS that I’m looking at/for. Frankly, it still amazes me that there are people surprised to hear about the annual migration of birds as though for the first time. They’ll ask, “Really? Birds fly through New York City?”
Parks
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Battling to Preserve the Soul of Governors Island
Nestled in the New York Harbor, just a stone’s throw away from the bustling streets of lower Manhattan and the vibrant neighborhoods of Brooklyn, Governors Island stands as a beacon of tranquility amidst the urban chaos. But behind its serene facade lies a battleground, a struggle in imminent danger of turning into a high-rise profit-driven over-development and exclusive destination shopping center for the wealthy.
Culture
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New York Needs an Arts District
We first heard of Roberto Monticello years ago but we had never met. One thing we have in common, then and today, is a love for Manhattan and the desire to save the Village by bringing subsidized housing like the Manhattan Plaza buildings here.
About Us
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The Village View Turns One!
In December, 2022 a group of former staffers from another Village monthly banded together to launch Village View as a new voice for Greenwich Village—West to East.
Scenes From the Street
- Where’s Raisin?
I’ll never forget the hot August day in 2022 when our daughter Rebecca called me frantically saying that she just rescued a cat that was near death. Rebecca was doing a nanny job in upstate NY when a friend came to the house excitedly saying, “I was finally able to corral that cat in the barn.” It was a sweltering, humid day and Rebecca knew that the temperature in the barn was at least 110 degrees.