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.
The 12-story Little Singer Building at 561 Broadway is not really that little
A look back at the 433 Broadway, once home to a unique park and hexagonal bank.
Learn more about John Jacob Astor’s Haughwout Building.
In any discussion about SoHo preservation, the name Jane Jacobs usually comes up almost immediately. But there is another, lesser-known yet hugely influential figure in the saga of saving SoHo and preserving its architectural heritage: Margot Gayle.
Dean & Deluca, the high-end food purveyor at the corner of Broadway and Prince Street, opened in 1973 as The Cheese Store at 120 Prince Street (between Greene and Wooster). In 1977, Giorgio DeLuca…
Siamese connections. You see them every day, but what are they exactly? Those pipes in front of buildings painted red, green, and yellow? Like fire hydrants, they are used by FDNY to fight fires. Why “Siamese”? They are called such because of their visual similarity to Siamese twins in that they encompass two pipe openings […]
SoHo Broadway Community Did you ever wonder where your building was made? Your clothing, linens, appliances, and books are all labeled with their place of origin. And so are your buildings, if they have cast iron façades. Cast iron foundry stamps that indicate what company manufactured the components that make up a building façade can […]
Looking up at SoHo Broadway’s ornate cast iron architecture can tell you a lot about our neighborhood-SoHo Broadway Community
When you think of the SoHo Broadway streetscape, you think of cast iron, water towers, street lights and maybe even vault lights, but what about Belgian blocks?
If you walk along Broadway from Canal to Houston Street, you will see many charming old-fashioned lampposts along the way. They are replicas of Bishops Crook cast iron lampposts that were common in New York City in the early 20th century. Named for the staff carried by high-ranking clerics, a garland motif winds around a […]
CLOSING: The Monkey King in Chinatown: Illustrated Journeys of a Chinese Legend in NYC, August 24, 2025 In celebration of AANHPI Heritage Month comes this group exhibition inspired by the mythical Chinese folk hero, the Monkey King, and curated by acclaimed graphic novel artist Jerry Ma. The epitome of tricksterdom, the Monkey King (more […]
The Gotham Pulp Collectors Club (August 2025) at the Mulberry Street Branch NYPL
Yuji Agematsu at 101 Spring Street in New York at Judd Foundation
A milestone exhibition to celebrate its 30th anniversary, Westwood Gallery NYC: 30 Years, curated by James Cavello
June Leaf: Shooting from the Heart, the first comprehensive retrospective of the artist June Leaf Grey Art Museum, NYU
The Architectural League of New York Beaux Arts Ball 2025
The Gotham Pulp Collectors Club at Mulberry St Library
By Mulberry Street Branch NYPL
Closing: Yuji Agematsu at Judd Foundation
By Judd Foundation
Westwood Gallery NYC: 30 Years, curated by James Cavello
By Westood Gallery NYC
