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The Initiative’s Executive Director is among the new fellows of the Urban Design Forum
DSNY residential garbage collection will be suspended on President’s Day: Monday, February 17th, 2020
A look beyond the boundary of the original designated SoHo Cast Iron Historic District
Sponsored streetlight banners are now on display throughout the corridor
The Community Corner, a guide to the not for profits and organizations in and around SoHo Broadway.
The Community Corner, a guide to the not for profits and organizations in and around SoHo Broadway.
The Community Corner, a guide to the not for profits and organizations in and around SoHo Broadway.
One of the most visually stunning buildings along SoHo Broadway, the Silk Exchange Building at 487 Broadway was built in 1894.
A look back at the 433 Broadway, once home to a unique park and hexagonal bank.
Author Aaron Shkuda shares the dramatic story of how SoHo became SoHo
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…
Envision SoHo-Noho Presentation of Preliminary Recommendations
Workshop #4 will focus on sharing tools and options to address goals that emerged from previous events.
Workshop #2 will focus on living in the neighborhood, challenges of renting/owning, future of housing & live/work.
Looking up at SoHo Broadway’s ornate cast iron architecture can tell you a lot about our neighborhood-SoHo Broadway Community
Workshop #2 will focus on living in the neighborhood, challenges of renting/owning, future of housing & live/work.
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.
SoHo has long been known for its art galleries, but did you know that Broadway was once home to three major art museums, all on the same block, between Houston and Prince Street?
If there is any place in SoHo that could be called a town square or a community center, it would be the Housing Works Bookstore Café at 126 Crosby Street (also known as the rear address of 594 Broadway).
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 […]
The Prada Store, located at 575 Broadway at the corner of Prince Street, made a huge splash in the New York fashion and architecture worlds when it first opened in 2001.
