Write Now! A Writers’ Collective at In Person at Mulberry St Library September ’24
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SoHo Broadway History: A Look Back at SoHo Broadway and Bloomingdales
SoHo Broadway History: A legacy of legal protection for SoHo’s artists lofts
SoHo Broadway History: Thinking about our pastoral past
SoHo Broadway History: The Rise of Minimalism and Loft Jazz in SoHo
SoHo Broadway History: Looking back at 591 and 593 Broadway, a mismatched pair
SoHo Broadway History: Looking back on the life and death of SoHo’s trade businesses within one building on Broadway
A look beyond the boundary of the original designated SoHo Cast Iron Historic District
The 12-story Little Singer Building at 561 Broadway is not really that little
Learn more about John Jacob Astor’s Haughwout Building.
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…
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 […]
Look up. Look way up! Although they may look like remnants from New York’s past, 99% of the water towers in SoHo, including those along SoHo Broadway, are still in use and they are still being manufactured locally by two New York City companies that fabricate and maintain these cherished gems from SoHo’s skyline.
Have you ever wondered why some buildings in SoHo have “HOLLOW SIDEWALK” or “VAULTED SIDEWALK” signs posted on their facades?
There are approximately 250 cast iron buildings in New York City, most of them in SoHo and mostly built from the mid-1800’s through the late 1800’s.
