sentences:  Washington Square Village was proposed in July 1957 as part of a six-building, 2,004 unit complex that would stretch down to Houston Street; of shopping space was to be included.In the 1950s, after the assembly of the superblock, Washington Square Village was constructed as a for-profit, middle class housing complex.It was marketed to people who might otherwise move out of the city or who had already moved out to the suburbs and might want to move back.