From Field to Form: Straw-The Architectural League of NY
From Field to Form: Straw-The Architectural League of NY
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Aug 4, 2017 | By SoHo Broadway Initiative
A historic district designation largely protects SoHo’s architectural character. In 1973, the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) designated a rough rectangle between West Broadway and Houston, Crosby, and Canal Streets as the ‘SoHo Cast-Iron Historic District.’ The report explaining the designation described that the area was chosen for “the unique collection of cast-iron structures located within […]
Aug 3, 2017 | By SoHo Broadway Initiative
The mismatch between SoHo’s zoning and current land use has many implications, chief among them being: It creates inconsistent outcomes in how property is used and developed, It can create conflict between the needs of residents and businesses, and It can trigger processes that take up time and financial resources. More specifically, the mismatch can […]
Aug 2, 2017 | By SoHo Broadway Initiative
The City’s rezoning process is designed to enable communities to shape the future developments in, and character and scale of a neighborhood. A rezoning includes substantial opportunities for input from community residents, business owners, and local elected officials. Specifically, zoning changes must go through a lengthy public review process known as the Uniform Land Use […]
Aug 1, 2017 | By SoHo Broadway Initiative
Visit the Initiative’s website to learn more about the Guidebook and issues related to zoning in SoHo. The Guidebook and the website both include a list of other resources to consult about SoHo’s history, artist certification, land use data, and zoning in New York City. The Guidebook’s endnotes also contain detailed references about zoning, SoHo’s […]
| By Yukie Ohta
There was once a time when SoHo was threatened with becoming a victim of the City’s ambitious urban renewal efforts.
| By SoHo Broadway Initiative
All businesses in New York City are required to recycle certain materials and ensure to the best of their ability that those recyclable materials are properly handled by their private carter. The City published new business recycling rules in the City Record on February 5, 2016, and mailed official notices outlining the requirements to all […]
| By SoHo Broadway Initiative
The Artist As Entrepreneur offered by New York Foundation for the Arts, is a boot camp that offers the fundamental principles of sustainability—and ultimately profitability—in the arts. This includes topics such as strategic planning, finance, and marketing, with additional material drawn from NYFA’s popular textbook, The Profitable Artist (Allworth Press, 2011), which is included in […]
| By SoHo Broadway Initiative
The Initiative is excited to announce that Zigi Ben-Haim’s sculpture, Treasure the Green is scheduled to be installed at the bus stop on Broadway and Grand St. in front of 451 Broadway with an unveiling on August 9th at 11:30. Stop by, say hello and get a photo with Treasure the Green. Treasure the Green […]
Jul 31, 2017 | By SoHo Broadway Initiative
Corner power-washing continues in August. The Initiative generally has cleanings on the second Monday/Tuesday and the fourth Monday/Tuesday of the month from April through November. For August there will be power washing on: August 14, 15, 28 and 29. ACE power-washes each corner and all trash/recycling receptacles on the corners from 7pm until no later […]
Jun 29, 2017 | By SoHo Broadway Initiative
On June 20th, residents, artists, representatives from office and retail businesses, property owners as well as our public sector friends came together at the SoHo Broadway Initiative’s Annual Meeting to celebrate the end of the Initiative’s 3rd year of operation.
Jun 28, 2017 | By Yukie Ohta
Have you ever noticed the beautiful, intricate design carved into the sidewalk at the northwest corner of Broadway at Prince Street in front of the Prada store, one of the most heavily trafficked corners in New York City?
Jun 27, 2017 | By SoHo Broadway Initiative
The installation of the sculpture, “Treasure the Green”by SoHo Broadway’s Zigi Ben-Haim, has been postponed until later this summer. Stay tuned for more information.
Jun 26, 2017 | By SoHo Broadway Initiative
The SoHo Broadway corridor is a vibrant mixed use community made up of residents, office tenants and retailers. From time to time, a member of the SoHo Broadway corridor may be completing a project that requires a temporary closure of the sidewalk or lanes of traffic. This past June, the MTA had to close down portions of […]
Jun 25, 2017 | By SoHo Broadway Initiative
The NYC Department of Small Business Services, in partnership with Capital One, is hosting the Business Pitch Final Competition and Meetup to help NYC’s small business owners and entrepreneurs make a strong and compelling case for a lender, investor, or client to believe in their businesses. Wednesday, July 19, 6:00pm – 9:00pm At the event, […]
Jun 24, 2017 | By SoHo Broadway Initiative
Corner power-washing continues in July. The Initiative generally has cleanings on the second Monday/Tuesday and the fourth Monday/Tuesday of the month from April through November. For July there will be power washing on: July 10, 11, 24 and 25. ACE power-washes each corner and all trash/recycling receptacles on the corners from 7pm until no later […]
Apr 29 | Culture
From Field to Form: Straw-The Architectural League of NY
May 3 | Community
Jane’s Walk: Stewarding Green Spaces in the Lower East Side with Lower East Side Ecology Center
May 5 | Culture
A new exhibition by Adrienne Ottenberg at Eldridge Museum
May 11 - Dec 30 | Culture
WESTWOOD GALLERY NYC presents 8 – DIARY OF TIME:
Jun 22 | Culture
Center for Italian Modern Art Nanni Balestrini: Art As Political Action – One Thousand And One Voices
Aug 31 | Culture
Judd Foundation presents Robert Irwin, an exhibition of three works at 101 Spring Street in New York.
From Field to Form: Straw-The Architectural League of NY
By The Architectural League and the Urban Design Forum
Jane’s Walk: Stewarding Green Spaces in the Lower East Side
By Lower East Side Ecology Center
Closing-On The Lower East Side: 28 Remarkable Women… And One Scoundrel
By The Museum at Eldridge Street
Closing: Artists on the Bowery Part 5 at Westwood Gallery
By WestWood Galleries