Manhattan Apartments for Rent near Blue Water Grill

Union Square South doesn't have the instant name recognition of such Manhattan mega-addresses as Broadway or Fifth Avenue, but it's a quintessentially New York address just steps from the best of downtown Manhattan living. With the energy of Greenwich Village to the south, the gracious quiet of Gramercy and Flatiron to the north, and Union Square Park right across the street, 1 Union Square South offers a commanding view of the park and as central a Greenwich Village location as can be imagined.

Greenwich Village has changed quite a bit since the stately six-story luxury mid-rise known today as The Villager was built back in 1902. The Villager, too, has been through many incarnations during that century-plus in Greenwich village: it was the famed restaurant Charles restaurant in the 1940s, was converted from offices to rental apartments in 1981, and given a luxurious top-to-bottom renovation in 1995.

29 5th Avenue is a charming, well-kept elevator building in the most historic and exclusive part of 5th Avenue in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village neighborhood. This attractive, pre-war, brown-brick rental apartment building is 7-stories tall and is located between 9th and 10th Streets in a prime section of Lower Fifth Avenue. 29 5th Avenue has a canopied entrance surrounded by a limestone base and sidewalk landscaping, giving it a classic air of Old New York luxury.

Built in 1903 by Bruce Price, the Bank of the Metropolis is a striking 16-story high-rise that is as impressive now as it was when it was built. Located at 31 Union Square West, right across the street from Union Square Park, the Bank of the Metropolis is a tripartite luxury building built in the neo-renaissance style with an imposing limestone-clad exterior. The Bank of the Metropolis retains its classical austerity; the 2-story bowed portico with polished granite columns leads into a marble lobby that transports residents back to New York’s era of classic luxury.