Editing Greenwich Village (section)

==Points of interest==
Greenwich Village includes several collegiate institutions. Since the 1830s, [[New York University]] (NYU) has had a campus there. In 1973 NYU moved from its campus in [[University Heights, Bronx|University Heights]] in the [[West Bronx]] (the current site of [[Bronx Community College]]), to Greenwich Village with many buildings around [[Gould Plaza]] on West 4th Street. In 1976 [[Yeshiva University]] established the [[Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law]] in the northern part of Greenwich Village. In the 1980s [[Hebrew Union College]] was built in Greenwich Village. [[The New School]], with its [[Parsons The New School for Design]], a division of The New School, and the School's Graduate School expanded in the 2000s, with the renovated, award-winning design of the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center at 66 Fifth Avenue on 13th Street. The [[Cooper Union]] is located in Greenwich Village, at [[Astor Place]], near [[St. Mark's Place]] on the border of the [[East Village, Manhattan|East Village]]. [[Pratt Institute]] established its latest Manhattan campus in an [[adaptive reuse|adaptively reused]] [[Arnold Brunner|Brunner & Tryon]]-designed loft building on 14th Street, east of Seventh Avenue. The university campus building expansion was followed by a [[gentrification]] process in the 1980s. There are numerous historic buildings in the neighborhood including [[Emma Lazarus]]'s former residence on West 10th Street<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gesso |url=https://gesso.fm/new-york/items/emma-lazarus-house |access-date=2021-07-12 |website=gesso.fm}}</ref> and [[Edward Hopper]]'s former studio (now the NYU Silver School of Social Work).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gesso |url=https://gesso.fm/new-york/items/edward-hopper-studio |access-date=2021-07-12 |website=gesso.fm}}</ref>
[[File:ChristopherPark3358.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Christopher Park, part of the [[Stonewall National Monument]]]]
The historic [[Washington Square Park]] is the center and heart of the neighborhood. Additionally, the Village has several other, smaller parks: Christopher, Father Fagan, Little Red Square, Minetta Triangle, Petrosino Square, and Time Landscape. There are also city playgrounds, including [[DeSalvio Playground]], Minetta, [[Thompson Street (Manhattan)|Thompson Street]], Bleecker Street, Downing Street, [[Mercer Street (Manhattan)|Mercer Street]], Cpl. John A. Seravelli, and William Passannante Ballfield. One of the most famous courts, is "The Cage", officially known as the [[West Fourth Street Courts]]. Sitting atop the [[West Fourth Street–Washington Square station]] at Sixth Avenue, the courts are used by [[basketball]] and [[American handball]] players from across the city. The Cage has become one of the most important tournament sites for the citywide "[[Streetball]]" amateur basketball tournament. Since 1975, New York University's art collection has been housed at the [[Grey Art Gallery]] bordering Washington Square Park, at 100 Washington Square East. The Grey Art Gallery is notable for its museum-quality exhibitions of contemporary art.

The Village has a bustling [[performing arts]] scene. It is home to many [[Off Broadway]] and [[Off-Off-Broadway]] theaters; for instance, ''[[Blue Man Group]]'' has taken up residence in the Astor Place Theater. ''[[The Village Gate]]'' (until 1992), the ''[[Village Vanguard]]'' and the ''[[Blue Note Jazz Club|Blue Note]]'' are still presenting some of the biggest names in [[jazz]] on a regular basis. Other music clubs include ''[[The Bitter End]],'' and ''[[Lion's Den (nightclub)|Lion's Den]]''. The Village has its own orchestra aptly named the ''[[Greenwich Village Orchestra]]''. Comedy clubs dot the Village as well, including ''[[Comedy Cellar]]'', where many American [[stand-up comedy|stand-up]] comedians got their start.

Several publications have offices in the Village, most notably the monthly magazines ''[[American Heritage (magazine)|American Heritage]]'' and ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]'' and formerly also the citywide newsweekly the ''[[The Village Voice|Village Voice]]''. The [[National Audubon Society]], having relocated its national headquarters from a mansion in [[Carnegie Hill]] to a restored and very [[green building|green]], former industrial building in [[NoHo, Manhattan|NoHo]], relocated to smaller but even greener [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEED]] certified building at 225 Varick Street,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/realestate/06sqft.html |work=The New York Times |title=Audubon's New Home Brings the Outdoors In |first=Claire |last=Wilson |date=April 6, 2008}}</ref> on Houston Street near the [[Film Forum]]. [[The Salvation Army]]'s former American headquarters at [[Salvation Army Headquarters (Manhattan)|120–130 West 14th Street]] is in the northern portion of Greenwich Village.<ref>{{cite report |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2565.pdf|title=The Salvation Army National and Territorial Headquarters |date=October 17, 2017 |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] |access-date=January 1, 2021}}</ref>