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Greenwich Village

Standing Against Hatred and Violence

Yetta Kurland | Posted 05.20.2013 | Gay Voices
Yetta Kurland

Our community rightfully prides ourselves on being one of the most tolerant in the world, and these attacks have shaken us. The recent murder of Marc Carson exposes just how vulnerable we remain even in 2013 and even in the West Village in Manhattan.

There Will Be Blood: The Gorgeous Ladies of Bloodwrestling Get Down and Dirty

The Lady Aye | Posted 04.04.2013 | New York
The Lady Aye

What's left on the Lower East Side that's dangerous, cheap and fun? Thanks to the recent rise of martini boutiques, tourists and artisanal hotels, not much. Luckily Gorgeous Ladies of Bloodwrestling (or G.L.O.B.) are trying to turn the sanitized tides.

A Guide To NYC's Greenwich Village And Union Square

The Purple Passport | Posted 04.01.2013 | Travel
The Purple Passport

Greenwich Village and Union Square, two adjacent New York neighborhoods in Manhattan, share the distinction of having colorful political pasts and lively cultural presents.

IMAGES: Final Design For AIDS Memorial Revealed

The Huffington Post | Inae Oh | Posted 03.28.2013 | New York

Organizers revealed the final design of the upcoming New York City AIDS memorial Wednesday, and officially announced a campaign to raise funds for the...

A Quarter Century of Sobriety (Funny, It Seems Even Longer)

Charlie Carillo | Posted 04.06.2013 | New York
Charlie Carillo

I'm not going to get all strident and righteous about 25 years of total sobriety, but I will tell you what it's meant to me. Relax, it's not a lecture. It's not poetic, either. It's a matter of simple arithmetic.

Dorm Mentality: Trending WV Demographics

Jill Lynne | Posted 03.16.2013 | New York
Jill Lynne

Unfortunately, the demographics of the WV have changed! The nouveau, trendy West Greenwich Village is primarily peopled with clueless young ones in their 20s and 30s.

PHOTOS: 'Ghosts In The Village'

Posted 12.11.2012 | New York

It's been well over a month since power was restored to Greenwich Village, and life there has returned basically back to normal. The memory remains, h...

Not Impressed With NYC's Hospital Infrastructure

Yetta Kurland | Posted 01.21.2013 | New York
Yetta Kurland

I partnered with Dr. David Kaufman of the Coalition for a New Village Hospital to piggyback on the recent Obama/McKayla meme in an effort to draw attention to the lack of hospitals on the Lower West Side of Manhattan.

Whatever It Takes -- If You Can, Vote!

Michael Winship | Posted 01.05.2013 | Politics
Michael Winship

The illustrated cover of this week's issue of The New Yorker magazine says it all. Titled "Undeterred," it shows a determined flood survivor in water up to his backpack, shining his flashlight through the darkness onto a sign: "Vote Here Vote Aqui."

Man on the Moon in Manhattan

Charlie Carillo | Posted 11.01.2012 | New York
Charlie Carillo

Like millions of lower Manhattan residents, I've been without power since Hurricane Sandy hit. Nobody can reach me. No texts, no phone calls, no e-mails, no tweets, no nothing. It feels wonderful to be totally out of touch.

LOOK: AIDS Memorial Gets New Design

Posted 07.20.2012 | New York

Architects at Studio a+i in Dumbo have released a new design for the upcoming AIDS memorial in Greenwich Village. The original design, "Infinite F...

PHOTOS: Rosie O'Donnell's $8 Million Pad In Former St. Vincent's Hospital

Posted 07.17.2012 | New York

According to The New York Post, Rosie O'Donnell just shelled out $8 million for a new home in the former St. Vincent's Hospital building in Greenwich ...

NYU Expansion Plan Creates Big Controversy

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 07.10.2012 | College

Matthew Broderick is a star, but at a recent public hearing, he was simply a Greenwich Village neighbor upset with New York University. NYU's expan...

Rest in Peace, Maurice Sendak

Alec Baldwin | Posted 07.10.2012 | New York
Alec Baldwin

Around four years ago, I met a broker at a Greenwich Village building to see an apartment. The owner was Maurice Sendak. I could tell that whether I got the apartment or not, I was going to enjoy this conversation. Just from his voice, his timing, you could tell Sendak was funny, wise, sensitive.

In My Greenwich Village: The Hudson River Park and the Pipeline

Eileen Stukane | Posted 06.09.2012 | New York
Eileen Stukane

The renovation of the Meatpacking District in my Greenwich Village neighborhood has been inspirational to those of us who live here. In the past five...

The NYPD Continues Its War On Books

dnainfo.com | Posted 05.08.2012 | New York

GREENWICH VILLAGE -- Cops have launched a crackdown on illegal book vendors selling thousands of tomes from tables along Sixth Avenue, DNAinfo has lea...

40-Year Pickup Game Going Strong (VIDEO)

Posted 12.14.2011 | Fifty

Here's one strategy for active aging: A group of men in New York City has maintained a weekly pick-up basketball game in the same Greenwich Village gy...

40-Year Pickup Game Going Strong

New York Times | Posted 11.30.2011 | Fifty

How many basketball players in pickup games around New York City still have a killer two-handed set shot? Bob Gold does. He's 71 years old and has bee...

Fright Night In America And Across the Pond

Barbara Barton Sloane | Posted 12.31.2011 | Travel
Barbara Barton Sloane

The practice of Trick-or-Treating resembles the late medieval practice of "souling," when poor folk would go door to door on Hallowmas.

Queen of the Mist

Rochelle Jewel Shapiro | Posted 12.26.2011 | New York
Rochelle Jewel Shapiro

Who expected to be wowed by a performance in a gym? Well, the Transportation Group Theater Company brought the audience along on quite a ride in their production.

WATCH: McDonald's Cashier Beats Unruly Customers

| Murray Weiss | Posted 12.14.2011 | New York

GREENWICH VILLAGE — A McDonald's cashier is caught on a horrific cell phone video using a metal rod to brutally beat two female customers who'd jum...

STD Rates Spike In Greenwich Village Women

| Andrea Swalec | Posted 12.12.2011 | New York

MANHATTAN — Sexually transmitted disease diagnosis rates have risen among Greenwich Village women in recent years, according to analysis of the late...

Learning Tolerance in the City That Never Smiles

Ben Kassoy | Posted 11.26.2011 | New York
Ben Kassoy

A few months on the urban battlefield has turned me impatient. It must have to do something with the cacophonous volley of car horns smattered with profanity, or the time I saw one guy kick another in the chest at Two Bros. Pizza.

The Man With The Long Black Hair

Dori Hartley | Posted 01.23.2012 | Women
Dori Hartley

As the years went by, I thought less and less about him. Until a few days ago, when he wrote me.

"Truth" Vs "I.M.," or Inspiration Material

Jill Lynne | Posted 08.10.2011 | New York
Jill Lynne

(c) Jill Lynne June 10th, 2011 This morn I received an email from a long-term, well-intentioned pal -- who enjoys forwarding various missives. Sim...