SoHo

Neighborhood Watch: Espresso Bars Scatter SoHo Streets

SoHo is a lot of things to a lot of people. One of the things it does best, however, often goes overlooked under the mass of tourists, hip boutiques, and celeb sightings—the coffee.

Neighborhood Watch: History and Charm in Local Pizzeria

From Twyla Tharp to Marc Jacobs, SoHo’s reputation seems to shift with every block and year that passes. But amid the cast iron buildings south of Houston Street lies the unchanged Lombardi’s—New York’s first pizzeria.

Neighborhood Watch: SoHo Boasts Boutique-Studded Boulevards

The original gentrified New York neighborhood, SoHo (named for its location south of Houston Street) has a long and storied history. During the 1960s and 70s, poor artists used to live in the area’s idiosyncratic lofts, and many of the buildings feature the famed cast iron architectural details that give SoHo its “Cast Iron District” nickname.