Editing East Village, Manhattan (section)

===Upscale neighborhood===
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The Commissioners' Plan and resulting street grid was the catalyst for the northward expansion of the city,{{sfn|Brazee et al.|2012|p=11}} and for a short period, the portion of the Lower East Side that is now the East Village was one of the wealthiest residential neighborhoods in the city.<ref name="Saint">{{cite web |first=Christopher |last=Gray |title=Streetscapes / 19–25 St. Marks Place; The Eclectic Life of a Row of East Village Houses |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |date=November 8, 1998 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/08/realestate/streetscapes-19-25-st-marks-place-eclectic-life-row-east-village-houses.html | access-date=September 29, 2019}}</ref> [[Bond Street (Manhattan)|Bond Street]] between the Bowery and Broadway, just west of the East Side within present-day [[NoHo, Manhattan|NoHo]], was considered the most upscale street address in the city by the 1830s,{{sfn|Burrows|Wallace|1999|pp=178–179}} with structures such as the [[Greek Revival architecture|Greek Revival]]-style [[Colonnade Row]] and [[Federal architecture|Federal]]-style [[rowhouse]]s.{{sfn|Brazee|Most|2012|p=7}}{{sfn|Brazee et al.|2012|p=10}} The neighborhood's prestigious nature could be attributed to several factors, including a rise in commerce and population following the [[Erie Canal]]'s opening in the 1820s.{{sfn|Brazee et al.|2012|p=11}}

Following the grading of the streets, development of rowhouses came to the East Side and NoHo by the early 1830s.{{sfn|Brazee et al.|2012|p=11}} One set of Federal-style rowhouses was built in the 1830s by [[Thomas E. Davis]] on 8th Street between [[Second Avenue (Manhattan)|Second]] and [[Third Avenue]]s. That block was renamed "[[St. Mark's Place (Manhattan)|St. Mark's Place]]" and is one of the few remaining terrace names in the East Village.{{sfn|Brazee et al.|2012|p=12}} In 1833 Davis and [[Arthur Bronson]] bought the entire block of 10th Street from [[Avenue A (Manhattan)|Avenue A]] to [[Avenue B (Manhattan)|Avenue B]]. The block was located adjacent to [[Tompkins Square Park]], located between 7th and 10th Streets from Avenue A to Avenue B, designated the same year.{{Sfn|Stokes,|1915|loc=vol. 5, pp. 1726–1728}}

Though the park was not in the original Commissioners' Plan of 1811, part of the land from 7th to 10th Streets east of First Avenue had been set aside for a marketplace that was ultimately never built.{{sfn|Brazee|Most|2012|p=8}} Rowhouses up to three stories were built on the side streets by such developers as [[Elisha Peck]] and [[Anson Green Phelps]]; [[Ephraim H. Wentworth]]; and [[Christopher S. Hubbard]] and [[Henry H. Casey]].{{sfn|Brazee et al.|2012|p=13}}

Mansions were also built on the East Side. One notable address was the twelve-house development called "Albion Place", located on Fourth Street between the Bowery and Second Avenue, built for Peck and Phelps in 1832–1833.{{sfn|Brazee|Most|2012|p=7}}{{sfn|Brazee et al.|2012|p=12}} Second Avenue also had its own concentration of mansions, though most residences on that avenue were row houses built by [[Land speculation|speculative land owners]], including the [[Isaac T. Hopper House]].{{sfn|Brazee et al.|2012|p=12}}{{sfn|Lockwood,|1972|p=59}} One ''[[New York Evening Post]]'' article in 1846 said that Second Avenue was to become one of "the two great avenues for elegant residences" in Manhattan, the other being [[Fifth Avenue]].{{sfn|Lockwood,|1972|p=196}}

Two marble cemeteries were also built on the East Side: the [[New York City Marble Cemetery]], built in 1831 on 2nd Street between First and Second Avenues,<ref name="NYCL-0464">{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0464.pdf |title=New York City Marble Cemetery |date=March 4, 1969 |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]]|access-date=September 28, 2019}}</ref>{{rp|1}} and the [[New York Marble Cemetery]], built in 1830 within the backlots of the block to the west.<ref name="NYCL-0466">{{cite web |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0466.pdf |title=New York Marble Cemetery |date=March 4, 1969 |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]]|access-date=September 28, 2019}}</ref>{{rp|1}} Following the rapid growth of the neighborhood, Manhattan's 17th ward was split from the 11th ward in 1837. The former covered the area from Avenue B to the Bowery, while the latter covered the area from Avenue B to the [[East River]].{{sfn|Brazee et al.|2012|pp=15–16}}