Can you describe the various unique areas in the Downtown market? The West Village is the oldest area of the city to have remained pretty much the same as it was in the past. It is mostly small old townhouses with cobblestone streets and lots of trees. It is an area of the city where the street grid doesn’t work. The streets have names instead of numbers and the direction often makes no sense. It can drive you crazy if you don’t know the area well. It also makes it more fun to if you know your way around – you’re part of a little club. The West Village has a lot of small interesting restaurants including a lot of street dining. There is also a lot of great Off-Broadway theater in the West Village. The Central Village includes Fifth Avenue, which has the most expensive properties in the Village. These are elegant prewar buildings – mostly with doormen. There is an enormous difference between Sixth Avenue and Fifth. Sixth has a lot of stores and heavy traffic. When you go to Fifth there are practically no stores and everything appears clean and orderly. If you go one more block east, to University Place, the street again is active although not as intense as Sixth. Between Sixth and Fifth avenues are beautiful townhouses. East of Fifth, there are more loft-type buildings mixed in with apartment buildings and townhouses.