Exploring New York's SoHo
Published on 25. September 2012
117 pages
978-1-61423-702-0 (ISBN)
Description
This historical guide reveals the events, architecture and personalities that make SoHo one of Manhattan's most storied neighborhoods.
SoHo-short for South of Houston-is a world-famous tourist destination known for its high-end fashion boutiques, innovative restaurants, and gorgeous loft apartments. But these modern luxuries are intermingled with a rich history that can still be seen in the neighborhood's architecture and Belgian block side streets. In fact, the SoHo Cast-Iron Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
SoHo's beautiful old buildings tell a fascinating story of urban development, decline and regeneration. It was once the center of New York's show business world and its most infamous red-light district. The richest and poorest Manhattanites walked these streets, as well as historic notables such as John Jacob Astor, Harry Houdini, Aaron Burr and P.T. Barnum. In this colorful history, local authors Alfred Pommer and Eleanor Winters reveal these and other stories of an ever-changing SoHo.
SoHo-short for South of Houston-is a world-famous tourist destination known for its high-end fashion boutiques, innovative restaurants, and gorgeous loft apartments. But these modern luxuries are intermingled with a rich history that can still be seen in the neighborhood's architecture and Belgian block side streets. In fact, the SoHo Cast-Iron Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
SoHo's beautiful old buildings tell a fascinating story of urban development, decline and regeneration. It was once the center of New York's show business world and its most infamous red-light district. The richest and poorest Manhattanites walked these streets, as well as historic notables such as John Jacob Astor, Harry Houdini, Aaron Burr and P.T. Barnum. In this colorful history, local authors Alfred Pommer and Eleanor Winters reveal these and other stories of an ever-changing SoHo.
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09/2012
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Alfred Pommer (NYC) is a licensed tour guide and owner of New York City Cultural Walking Tours and a member of the Guides Association of New York. He is a native New Yorker with more than 20 years experience as a tour guide. Eleanor Winters is a native of Brooklyn. A commercial and fine artist specializing in calligraphy, she has written five books for calligraphers. Eleanor lives half the year in Brooklyn and half in Paris, and she teaches calligraphy in Europe and the U.S. She exhibits her artwork widely and is represented by the Franklin 54 Gallery + Projects in Manhattan. Eleanor has a Masters of Art from New York University.
Content
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. Local History, Part I
- 2. Local History, Part II
- 3. Canal Street: The Collect Pond, Bogardus and Bruce, Blackwell's Island and Samuel F.B. Morse
- 4. Along Crosby Street and Back to Grand Street: An Opium Den, the First Jewish Congregation, Department Stores, Spiritualists and Séances
- 5. Broadway and Broome Street: Robert Moses's Folly, Jane Jacobs and Margot Gayle, Daniel Badger and Richard Morris Hunt
- 6. Broadway and Spring Street: Bishop's Crook Lampposts, the St. Nicholas Hotel, Fernando Wood and the Copperhead Conspiracy, the Ghost of SoHo and the Prince of Humbugs
- 7. Still on Broadway, Heading for Prince Street: The Free-Love League, Charles Broadway Rouss, Little Singer and Old St. Pat's
- 8. Back on Broadway: Niblo's Garden, The Black Crook, John Jacob Astor, the Comic Book Museum and The Wall
- 9. Along Houston to Mercer Street: The Cable Building, Fanelli's Café, Artists and Brothels
- 10. Greene Street: Architectural Masterpieces, C. Godfrey Gunther, the Floating Subway Map and a Mural
- 11. Wooster Street: Maciunas and the Fluxhouse, Dionysus, Spalding Gray and the Ghosts of West Broadway
- About the Authors
