Poetry w/ McNally Jackson Bookstore 6/14/26
Join Elizabeth Street Garden for a bi-weekly poetry program in partnership with McNally Jackson Bookstore – SoHo Events
News
SoHo Broadway History: This Black History Month we look back on SoHo’s legacy as an African American community
SoHo Broadway History: Petrosino Square is small but packed with history and is one of the few public realm oases serving our district
SoHo Broadway History: Houdini’s origins can be traced to our district
SoHo Broadway History: Looking back on the stylistic origins of SoHo’s iconic architecture
SoHo Broadway History: Looking back on the work of influential urban planning theorist and how it shaped the neighborhood
ny-layered past lies behind the cast-iron facade of this SoHo building
This month, the Initiative looks back on the many lives lived and showcased in 485 Broadway, at one time deemed a ‘temple of Thespis’ by the New York Herald.
SoHo Broadway History: Envisioning a future beyond traffic
SoHo Broadway History: Trails to Transit
SoHo Broadway History: Land use and its regulation through the years
SoHo Broadway Community: The history of a park in a neighborhood with limited usable public space
SoHo Broadway History: 2004 subway art installation still resonates today
SoHo Broadway History: Lessons from William H. Whyte
SoHo Broadway History: Merry Melodies for Happy Holidays
SoHo Broadway History: A “cast-iron” building that isn’t
SoHo Broadway History: Local building played starring role in reality television
SoHo Broadway History: Surveying Sharon Zukin’s Loft Living, 38 years later
SoHo Broadway History: Hell’s Hundred Acres
SoHo Broadway History: shady dealings and crimes at district landmark
SoHo Broadway History: Empty streets for the first time in decades
SoHo Broadway History: How a Yellow Fever outbreak changed Manhattan’s landscape
A look back at Art Nouveau 495 Broadway
A look beyond the boundary of the original designated SoHo Cast Iron Historic District
This month we take a look at one of SoHo Broadway’s smaller buildings, but with a unique charm all its own.
One of the most visually stunning buildings along SoHo Broadway, the Silk Exchange Building at 487 Broadway was built in 1894.
