New Jersey Stage published its 25,000th story in December 2021. As the site approached the milestone, we posed the question on social media as how we should celebrate. One response was to highlight our favorite stories from over the years. We liked this idea, but could not narrow things down to just 25 favorites so we will present a favorite each day from different genres. Every Wednesday will feature a story about film. This week's choice is a feature on the film The Lost Village.
The feature was published on February 26, 2018 and is available here. The film is about Greenwich Village and how NYU and other landlords are changing the character of the Bohemian Village due to outrageous rents and pass along real estate taxes.
“You came to the Village because you were looking to fit in; because everyone was different. You were an artist or you were gay - God forbid you were straight. People came to the Village because it was different,” opens The Lost Village, a new documentary by Roger Paradiso.
“They’re trying to change the character of the Village - trying to make it a hipster suburban mall version of what was once a great village of artists and working class families. It’s enough to make a villager puke!”
