
Manhattan Community Board No. 2 – Meeting June 18, 2025
Manhattan Community Board #2 Manhattan is one of the first community boards to be established in the early 1960’s. One of Soho Broadway Community Neighborhood Resources
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Mar 3, 2025 | By SoHo Broadway Initiative
SoHo Broadway History: A look back at P.T. Barnum’s career in the neighborhood
Oct 1, 2024 | By SoHo Broadway Initiative
SoHo Broadway History: The fascinating story of the iconic Haughwout Emporium at 488 Broadway
Jul 29, 2024 | By SoHo Broadway Initiative
SoHo Broadway History: A Look Back at SoHo Broadway and Bloomingdales
Aug 30, 2019 | By Yukie Ohta
Learn more about John Jacob Astor’s Haughwout Building.
Jan 30, 2019 | By Yukie Ohta
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 […]
May 8, 2018 | By Yukie Ohta
Featured countless times in tourism and commercial photography and famously in the opening credits of the hit television show NYPD Blue, the DKNY billboard, one of the first to dot the outskirts of SoHo, became a quasi-New York City landmark.
Apr 2, 2018 | By Yukie Ohta
Everyone who lives or works on the Broadway corridor knows where the Nike SoHo store is located. How could you miss it? But what about the Dancers’ Building? Where is that? Tucked away inside of 537-541 Broadway, the Dancers’ Building has been the home (and many continues today) to be the home of a number […]
Dec 28, 2017 | By Yukie Ohta
It all started with a skirt, hoop skirt to be exact.
Nov 28, 2017 | By Yukie Ohta
Long before P.T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum (1810 – 1891) founded his famous three-ring circus, he opened an “instructive entertainment” venue called Barnum’s American Museum in 1842 on Broadway at Ann Street.
Sep 13, 2017 | By Yukie Ohta
462 Broadway has a long history on Broadway dating back to the early-19th century.
Aug 29, 2017 | By Yukie Ohta
What do P.T. Barnum, Boss Tweed, and Foursquare have in common?
Aug 1, 2017 | By Yukie Ohta
There was once a time when SoHo was threatened with becoming a victim of the City’s ambitious urban renewal efforts.
Jun 18 | Community
Manhattan Community Board #2 Manhattan is one of the first community boards to be established in the early 1960’s. One of Soho Broadway Community Neighborhood Resources
Jun 25 | Culture
SoHo Events Poetry Workshop Reading at the Mulberry Street Branch NYPL
Jul 19 | Culture
Anonymous Was A Woman: The First 25 Years Grey Art Museum, NYU
Aug 24 | Culture
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 […]
Aug 30 | Culture
Yuji Agematsu at 101 Spring Street in New York at Judd Foundation
Manhattan Community Board No. 2 – Meeting June 18, 2025
By Manhattan Community Board No. 2
Mulberry Street Poetry Workshop Reading
By Mulberry Street Branch NYPL
Closing-Anonymous Was A Woman: The First 25 Years
By Grey Art Museum, NYU