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LOCATIONThe West Village is everything west of Sixth Avenue, from Houston to 14th street. Essentially, the West Village is the original Greenwich Village. The need for the modifier ("West") is a relatively new thing resulting from the emergence of the Eastern counterpart, the East Village. There is a certain degree of ambiguity as to whether the West Village includes the area around 5th avenue and University Place (aka the Central Village). Our panel of experts maintains that it doesn't. APARTMENTS & REAL ESTATEArchitecturally, the West Village has been preserved pretty well, which is a plus if you like the character of old buildings, but a minus if you're looking for an affordable modern apartment. There are very few modern buildings and almost none of them qualifies as a "high-rise".To be fair, some reasons for that do not have much to do with with preservation - they are much simpler. Because of a geological quirk, the "rock" foundation, easily reachable in Midtown and Downtown, is actually very deep here. As a result, building too high would either be prohibitively expensive or outright dangerous. The end result is a neighborhood dominated by 19th and early 20th century brownstone and low-rise apartment buildings. Selected Rental Buildings
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See our list of West Village Co-op Apartment Buildings DEMOGRAPHICSPopulation stands at about 72,000. Although the West Village used to be visibly gay, in the last few years young families (often with children) started to overtake as the neighborhood's most "visible" constituency. As far as the social makeup is concerned, the majority could easily qualify as affluent. The real estate prices here are among the highest in Manhattan, not to mention other boroughs. In the past, the area was considered a natural place to live for intellectuals of all kinds (and for the literary type in particular), but nowadays it would be difficult to find any full-time writers who could afford living there. Stockbrokers and advertising execs would probably have a much better shot. SAFETYGenerally, the West Village is safe. It is one of the most tolerant neighborhoods in New York and beyond. The West Village doesn't have any public housing which takes away many of the associated problems. With that said, certain blocks, particularly on/around Christopher street and particularly at night, may be a bit sketchy. NAME ORIGINSGreenwich Village used to be a village (back in the days when Wall Street actually had a wall). The "west" modifier was added later to distinguish the neighborhood from its eastern neighbors. |
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