Home > Travel > National Park International >

Greenwich Village

Description: Area south of 14th street (West). Click on the website below for a "photo tour".

Newest Review: ... sculptures, and other works of art on display; Some are replicas, some original. When I was walking along the bank of the river Thames I saw a man's statue. One plaque is under the feet of the statue. If you read it , you will see 'Time is everything----five minutes makes the difference between Victory or Defeat.' Maybe you can find out who he was. For more details and some pictures, you ... more

... can visit an article in my blog entitled Trips to Greenwich Village. Thank you. also see on other websites(happysh2009 or blossom)...more

Read Reviews for Greenwich Village

A truly remarkable place----Greenwich Village (321 words)
by - written on 12/04/09 (Very useful, 70 readings)
Rating:

On 5 December 1997 Greenwich village became the UK's 17th World Heritage Site. It covers a large area. Basically it includes the Old Royal Observatory, the National Maritime Museum, Queen's House, the old Royal Naval College and Greenwich Park. Two years ago I visited the Old Royal Observatory which is famous for being the site of the prime meridian, or 0 degrees longitude . On the entrance wall of it you can see a 24 hour clock and old standard measures of a yard, foot and inches. UK still measures distance using yards, feet and inches. Inside the Old Royal Observatory you can see how people found out the time differences in ... Read the complete review