Posted May 18, 2020, 12:05 AM
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The South Village was traditionally very Italian. It was considered something of a Little Italy until maybe a generation ago. Bleecker Street, even today, has a lot of legacy Italian businesses.
This is in contrast to the North Village, which was traditionally very WASP and patrician. Lower Fifth Ave. and University Place are still the Gold Coast and the southern area around NYU remains more student-oriented with Italian and hippie-era remnants.
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