SoHo & Chinatown

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Overview

SoHo (South of Houston), NoHo (North of Houston) and Nolita (North of Little Italy) represent three of Manhattan's trendiest neighborhoods, known for boutiques, bars and eateries. To the south, expanding and bustling Chinatown and a nostalgic sliver of Little Italy lure with idiosyncratic street life. Canal St, running from the Manhattan Bridge to the West Side Hwy, and one of the most traffic-clogged arteries in the city, is a world in itself. Taken together, these neighborhoods offer a delicious, contradictory jumble of cast-iron architecture, strutting fashionistas, sacred temples and hook-hung salami.

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  • An image of a street scene at Pell Street in Chinatown / New York City / Manhattan with the setting sun.

    Chinatown

    SoHo & Chinatown

    A walk through Manhattan's most colorful, cramped neighborhood is never the same, no matter how many times you hit the pavement. Peek inside temples and…

  • Merchant's House Museum

    Merchant's House Museum

    SoHo & Chinatown

    Built in 1832 and purchased by merchant Seabury Tredwell three years later, this red-brick mansion remains the most authentic Federal house in town. It's…

  • Little Italy

    Little Italy

    SoHo & Chinatown

    This once-strong Italian neighborhood (film director Martin Scorsese grew up on Elizabeth St) saw an exodus in the mid-20th century when many of its…

  • Looking down Mulberry Street at the corner of Mulberry and Broome Street in Manhattan.

    Mulberry Street

    SoHo & Chinatown

    Named for the mulberry farms that once stood here, Mulberry St is now better known as the meat in Little Italy's sauce. It's an animated strip, packed…

  • St. Patrick's Old Cathedral

    Basilica of St Patrick's Old Cathedral

    SoHo & Chinatown

    Though St Patrick’s Cathedral is now famously located on Fifth Ave in Midtown, its first congregation was housed here, in this restored Gothic Revival…

  • New York City Fire Museum in Manhattan.

    New York City Fire Museum

    SoHo & Chinatown

    In a grand old firehouse dating from 1904, this ode to firefighters includes a fantastic collection of historic equipment and artifacts. Eye up everything…

  • Columbus Park

    Columbus Park

    SoHo & Chinatown

    Mah-jongg meisters, slow-motion tai-chi practitioners and old aunties gossiping over homemade dumplings: it might feel like Shanghai, but this leafy oasis…

  • Italian American Museum

    Italian American Museum

    SoHo & Chinatown

    This humble museum offers a random mishmash of historical objects documenting early Italian life in NYC, from Sicilian marionettes to old Italian comics…

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