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SOHO AND TRIBECA

Shops, eateries, and architecture have enormous outdoor shopping mall, it is
transformed these formerly industrial scattered with bars and bistros. Named for
districts. SoHo (south of Houston) was its shape, TriBeCa (Triangle Below Canal)
threatened with demo lition in the was once a wholesale food district. When
1960s until preservationists drew attention Robert De Niro set up his Tribeca Film
to its rare historic cast-iron architecture. Center in 1988, the area became one of the
The district was saved, and by the 1980s SoHo hottest neighborhoods in the city, attracting
offered a vibrant art scene. Serving as an galleries, boutiques, and restaurants.
Sights at a Glance
Historic Streets and Buildings Restaurants see pp294–9
1 Haughwout Building 1 Aquagrill 11 Tamarind
2 St. Nicholas Hotel 2 Balthazar 12 Tribeca Grill
3 Greene Street 3 Boqueria
4 Singer Building 4 Bouley
8 Harrison Street 5 Bubby’s
Museums and Galleries 6 Dos Caminos
7 The Dutch
5 Children’s Museum of the Arts 8 Hundred Acres
6 New York Earth Room 9 Locanda Verde
7 New York City Fire Museum 10 Odeon
Parks and Squares 0 meters 500
9 Hudson River Park 0 yards 500

PIER 40 HUDSON
W E S T S T R E E T W E S T S T R E E T
RIVER PARK
W E S T H O U S T O N
r S T R E E T
e Houston St
v KING STREET 1 WEST HOUS
i WASHINGTON STREET
R VANDAM S T R E E T CHARLTON STREET
STREET
PIER 34 G R E E N W I C H S T R E E T VARICK STREET

Holland Tunnel STREET THE AMERICAS (SIXTH AVE)
WOOSTER STREET
STREET TON STREET Broadway-
n SPRING STREET Lafayette St
o Spring St SULLIVAN B.D.F.M
B R O A D W A Y
s C.E THOMPSON P R I N C E S T R E E T
d CANAL STREET DOMINICK STREET GREENE STREET Prince St
u H U D S O N S P R I N G S T R E E T MERCER STREET N.R
H WATTS STREET OF LAFAYETTE ST
AVENUE SOHO STR E ET
WATTS STREET
DESBROSSES STREET
Canal St W E S T B R O OM E S TR
VESTRY STREET
1 Spring St
GREENE STREET
LAIGHT STREET 6
Canal St B R O A D W AY C RO SB Y
MERCER STREET EE T
A.C.E
ST JOHNS
PIER 26 HU B ER T ST R E ET ST. JOHN’s GRAND STREET
LANE
G R E E N W I C H S T R E E T FRANKLIN STREET FINN WHITE S T R E E T WALKER ST Canal St
PIER 25 BEACH ST H U D S O N S T R E E T PARK VA R I C K S T R E E T TRIBECA HOWARD ST LAFAYETTE STREET
CANAL STREET
NORTH MOORE ST
ST
LISPENARD
N.Q.R
PIER 21 SQUARE 1 Franklin St STREET CORTLANDT Canal St
6
C H U R C H
FRANKLIN ST
WASHINGTON JAY ST STAPLE ST LEONARD STREET ALLEY
MARKET PARK DUANE WEST BROADWAY
PARK WORTH STREET
C H A M B E R S S T R E E T
READ E
T H O M A S
S T R E E T
Chambers St DUANE STREET B R O A D W AY
1.2.3 STREET
Chambers St
A.C
See also Street Finder map 3, 4
Cast-iron facades in TriBeCa with Art Deco tower in the background For keys to symbols see back flap
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