See Newly Digitized, "Super Detailed" Photos Of Old Greenwich Village
The turn of 20th century found Greenwich Village in the midst of a transformation – as affluent residents largely decamped uptown closer to Central Park and 5th Avenue, a bohemian enclave took shape in their wake. Residences were subdivided, housing became affordable, immigration was still on the rise, and “radicalism and nonconformity” were embraced, according to the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation….