No. 1 Washington Mews

Directly behind 7 – 13 Washington Square North this small Regency-flavored cube is the first building on the street with a visible Fifth Avenue entrance.

Tags: Colonial Revival, Fifth Avenue, NYU, Washington Square

No.’s 7 – 13 Washington Square North

While not an official Fifth Avenue address, the westernmost of the row of houses between Fifth Avenue and University Place is directly adjacent to – and in fact is entered from – Fifth Avenue.

Tags: Greek Revival, Townhouses, Washington Square

Lower Fifth Avenue: from Washington Square to 14th Street

The lowermost section of Fifth Avenue still preserves what Henry James, writing in his novel Washington Square, called “a kind of established repose…a riper, richer, more honorable look.”

Tags: Greenwich Village, Lower Fifth Avenue, Washington Square