Greenwich Village in the past

Notes on Greenwich Village:
- Greenwich Village has 18th century street plan
- Large section of the Village is marked a historic landmark: Google search
- There has been a new dream home project just completed in the Village: Google search
- Now many gentrified home projects: Google search
- Greenwich was known as a "magnet for bohemians and intellectuals" in the past: Google search
- In the past starving artists could afford apartments in Greenwich: Google search
- Many artists lived there: No direct source
- A church called St. Luke in the fields has been in the Village since 1822: Google search
- "Greenwich was a productive culture engine for as long or longer than Athens, Elizabeth London, and Paris Berlin": Google search
- In the 1900's and 2000's Greenwich renovated and re-purposed itself to attract rich tourists and residents: The Village: 400 Years of Beats and Bohemians, Radicals and Rouges, A History of Greenwich Village
- The Village is now more a place of recreation than creation: 400 Years of Beats and Bohemians, Radicals and Rouges, A History of Greenwich Village
- Greenwich is not as much of a culture engine than in the past: 400 Years of Beats and Bohemians, Radicals and Rouges, A History of Greenwich Village
- "Greenwich Village was a zone of rouges and outcasts from the start": 400 Years of Beats and Bohemians, Radicals and Rouges, A History of Greenwich Village
- Greenwich Village was very diverse in culture in the past: 400 Years of Beats and Bohemians, Radicals and Rouges, A History of Greenwich Village
- "While the town crowded into the southern tip of Manhattan was going through all its growth, changes, and catastrophes of the 17th and 18th centuries, the area that became Greenwich Village remained quiet, bucolic countryside.": 400 Years of Beats and Bohemians, Radicals and Rouges, A History of Greenwich Village
- "Before it was absorbed into the city, Greenwich Village was noted for its country estates, including Richmond Hill": 400 Years of Beats and Bohemians, Radicals and Rouges, A History of Greenwich Village
- "18th century Greenwich was known for small wood frame houses, and tree-lined mud streets": The Historical Atlas of NYC
- "The yellow fever epidemics of the 1820's drove out thousands of residents and turned Greenwich into a fashionable residential district: The Historical Atlas of NYC
-  Different, older street plan, which cut into the subway on 6th and 7th avenues (still here today): The Historical Atlas of NYC
-  "Just walk the area."- Amanda Amanda: Fodors NYC 2010
- Top Attractions according to Fodors tour guide: Gay Street, Patchin Place, 75 and one half Bedford Street, and Washington Square Park: Fodors NYC 2010