The South Village is a largely residential area that is part of the larger Greenwich Village in Lower Manhattan, New York City, directly below Washington Square Park. Known for its immigrant heritage and bohemian history, the architecture of the South Village is primarily tenement-style apartment buildings, indicative of the area's history as an enclave for Italian-American immigrants and working-class residents of New York.
The South Village is roughly bounded by West 4th Street and Washington Square Park on the north, Seventh Avenue South and Varick Street on the west,[1] Canal Street on the south, and West Broadway and LaGuardia Place on the east. West Broadway separates the predominantly residential South Village from SoHo, dominated by factory and loft buildings, to the east.[2]
The South Village includes the Charlton–King–Vandam Historic District, the MacDougal–Sullivan Gardens Historic District, and the Sullivan–Thompson Historic District.[3][4][5]
- ^ Dolkart (2006), "Foreword", p. iii
- ^ Sullivan–Thompson Historic District: Designation Report, December 13, 2016.
- ^ "Charlton". www.gvshp.org. Archived from the original on 2004-02-25.
- ^ "The South Village – A Distinguished History, Largely Unrecognized". gvshp.org. Archived from the original on 2004-02-25.
- ^ "When the South Village Was One of New York's 'Seven to Save'". 21 March 2017.