Walk through Greenwich Village and Little Italy (New York)

Today we dedicate our day in new york to walk around Greenwich Village, Little Italy y Chinatown, in this last stage of Coast to coast trip through the United States.

After having breakfast at our favorite place, we took the subway to a station at the beginning of Greenwich Village, a large residential area in southwest Manhattan.

Originally the neighborhood was a town that was founded in 1712.

But in 1822 a yellow fever epidemic in New York It caused city residents to move to Greenwich Village, in search of better air.

Greenwich Village It has been known as a bastion of artistic and bohemian culture. There they find the street Christopher and the inn Stonewall, where the Stonewall riots of 1969 took place, which started the liberation movement gay.

Name The Village soon became a generic term for a gay-leaning neighborhood, and also includes the main campus of the New York University (NYU).

The building where the protagonists of the famous television series supposedly live is also located in the neighborhood. Friends.

We arrived to washington square where there is a fairly large triumphal arch, and we see various buildings, libraries and foundations belonging to the aforementioned New York University, and we also find an important center museum dedicated to the culture of the Jewish people.

In general, we really liked this neighborhood of New York, and we concluded that it would be one of those quiet places, but close to the hustle and bustle, where it would be nice to live for a while.

We arrived at the curious corner between 1st Street and 1st Avenue, and took the opportunity to take a photo.

After walking through several streets of this pleasant residential neighborhood, we entered one that was already very diluted. Little Italy o Little Italy.

Located in lower Manhattan, it is named for its large Italian population, but today it is primarily a succession of Italian shops and restaurants.

The section of the street mulberry, between Broome y Canal, is all that really remains of the Italian neighborhood, which is full of Italian restaurants very popular with tourists and locals.

Unlike Chinatown, which continues to expand in all directions with new Chinese immigrants, little remains of the original Little Italy.

Of course, we ate quite well at one of those Italian restaurants called Frankie Cee's, whose interior was decorated with motifs from the time of the Roman Empire.

We selected this establishment because we had decided to eat at an Italian restaurant that had the typical red and white checkered tablecloths.

We saw other attractive restaurants, but the squares we wanted red were blue or green. We were looking for ridiculous typism, if you will, but that's how we are.

The truth is that we were able to verify that Little Italy is being absorbed by Chinatown. Many shops, stalls and markets in the street, with many shirts of the Spanish football team for sale. You could also see some of Messi.

I remember walking while Aurora took a photo of me, I made the gesture with my fingers together, imitating the gestures of the Italians when they say: “Ma cue cosa fai?”

The funny thing was that when I later saw the photo, a lady passing by me appeared with a big smile when she saw my antics.