Alfred Winters

Exploring New York's SoHo (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781614237020
• Artikelnr.: 44785111

Autorenporträt

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.