Let me invite you to see one of NYC most amazing places to live. The West Village. This area is actually part of a much bigger neighborhood called the Greenwich Village. But since the neighborhood is too big, I decided to just concentrate on anything west of 6th avenue, South of 14th Street (Minus the Meat Packing District) and North of Hudson Street. This neighborhood has also been a mecca for gays and artists. But lately it has become too expensive for the newer generation. There are tons of Boutique shops, restaurants, bars and coffee shops.

Well I hope you enjoy this neighborhood thru my photos. If you are ever visiting NYC, I highly recommend you take a stroll. Just don't get lost, since a lot of the streets tend to curved and run off the grid. Oh yeah and it was a very cold day when I took these photos.

Thanks for viewing my photos. :) And please leave me a comment.


West Village, Manhattan

The West Village is western portion of the Greenwich Village neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Though there are no defined boundaries, the area is usually defined as bounded by the Hudson River and either Sixth Avenue or Seventh Avenue, extending from 14th Street down to Houston Street. Bordering neighborhoods include Chelsea to the north, the Hudson Square section of SoHo to the south, and the core of Greenwich Village to the east.

A sub-neighborhood, the Far West Village, extends from the Hudson River to Hudson Street.

The neighborhood is distinguished by streets that are "off the grid" — set at an angle to the other streets in Manhattan — sometimes confusing both tourists and city residents alike.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Village,_Manhattan



1. The famous gay statues in the West Village. Facing this little park (Christopher Park) is that gay bar Stonewall, where the 1969 gay riots started. Eventually all the gay celebrations in the world originated after these protests.
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2. Looking away from Christopher Park.
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5. Looking back at at Christopher Park.
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6. Old residential towers rise on this area.
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7. On 6th Avenue.
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9. Now on 7th Avenue.
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15. 14th street corridor.
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19. One of those expensive fitness clubs Equinox.
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20.
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21. That white building built in the 50's is own by Saint Vincent Hospital, the biggest Hospital in the West Village.
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22. Apartment towers.
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23. An Art Deco style apartment building.
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26. A great looking church.
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32. Magnolias Cup Cakes, made famous by Sex in the City is on this street.
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35. A wonderful victorian public library on Greenwich Avenue and 6th Avenue.
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36. Yes Gay street.
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41. These look really old.
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45. Something interesting and modern on an intersection.
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51. Lots of boutique shops and restaurants in the West Village.
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57. Back on Christopher Street. The gay parade goes thru here.
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59. Plenty of charming blocks.
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70. Someone told me that the Bill Cosby show was actually film on this block.
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71. Another one of those nice blocks.
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73. You can still find cobblestone streets.
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85. A cool old factory building.
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89. A lonely little house with a yard and garage.
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91. Now I am at the hudson park along the river.
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99. New glass towers facing the river.
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Beautiful. I want to go ... :applause:

:o dam i gota get out there one of these days... must be realy beutifull with the leaves and plant life in the summertime

Wow awesome photos!

GREAT pics!!! :)

Wow that takes me back.... the memories - sigh.

Great tour, Krull!

:) Thank you for looking in and commenting on my photo tour. I spend hours to do these photo tours of these neighborhoods. I just have to get nicer photos to post here. ;) Plus I have to get lunch.

Very cool tour. It seems like a beautiful place to live.
Thanks for sharing these pics.

Great tour! Thanks for showing! :okay:

Awesome tour!

NY boys are hot :)

It's good to see the Greenwich Village hasn't lost all of its gayness to development. It would have been such an interesting area to live in when the gay rights movement was first starting.

Thanks for the brilliant photos again Krull.

Damn, I knew I should not have viewed them because I miss NYC so much!!! Great collection of photos!

Awesome pics Krull, the best neighbourhood in manhattan!!!

What is the average cost of an apartment in that area???

I can't say the West Village is the greatest urban neighborhood in the world because I've not been to most cities...but I've been there a lot and to me, it is. The one neighborhood all others should live up to. I hope this isn't too much praise, but I've had such great times there over the years.

Love this neighborhood.

Glad you guys are enjoying this thread! :)

What is the average cost of an apartment in that area???

Well it is probably one of most expensive neighborhoods in the city.

Lets see...

one-bedroom apartments in the West Village average $3,035 a month

http://aazaria.blogspot.com/2007/07/west-village-and-soho-most-expensive.html

Here is another website that compare prices in NYC neighborhoods...

http://www.tregny.com/cms-manhattan-apt-rental-report.jsp?page_name=Apr%202007%20Mkt%20Report#greenwich-village

Whaaat? Studio Offered for $2.1 Million?

:shifty:

http://www.nysun.com/article/46926

Thanks for the links, i'm gonna move there!! :tongue2:

...can you post some more pics please??

:cheers:

I love the off-grid street layout. It makes for some excellent 'layering' of surrounding buildings on street level. Thanks for sharing this wonderful area of New York!

perfect street pics Krull! :okay:

really enjoyed the tour, thank you.

Again, thanks for viewing my photos! :)

A city needs to be at leat 200 years old to have a neighborhood like this.

:okay:, fantastic job krull.

a great nyc thread

Very nice NYC thread indeed :cheers: more pics please :)

One of kind place!

I love the photos, what a great area. Never been to the USA, but would like to go

great photos :D

Looks so nice

WOW !!! :)

Great pictures! You made me really miss NYC. For a thread with so many pictures of good quality it loaded unusually fast.

Your photos are very nice, New York city's really beautiful. It's unfortunate that 2 buildings were collapsed, New York city is more beautiful if they exist. What a pity!

Wow I love West Village! Awesome job! And yeah it looks a little British sometimes. :cheers:

Yes I love the West Village. A perfect place to be in the city too.

Thanks for all the comments. :)

Thanks for the tour, I could quite easily live in one of those lofts :)