Posts under ‘SoHo’

A 22-year-old Manhattan resident is changing the lives of those in need one weekend at a time by supplying homeless shelters with donated food through a local charity. East Village resident Ezra Firestone wakes up at the crack of dawn every Saturday and Sunday morning to pick up loads of donated food from Whole Foods [...]

Great help found in Housing Works On Crosby St, between Houston and Prince St, a large construction site obstructs the overall aesthetic of the block. Under scaffolding, rough edges and loud noise a treasure is hidden. Looking from a distance, it is difficult to notice where exactly the prize is located. The sound of drilling [...]

236 Lafayette St. New York, NY, is home to a restaurant that by the looks of its exterior is not too welcoming. “Don’t judge a book by its cover” is the most appropriate phrase that can be said about one of Soho’s hidden treasures, “La Nueva Conquista”. Located in a neighborhood that was once known [...]

Jam packed with bustling shoppers and tourists, Soho is a neighborhood that does not lack traffic. Trucks blocking the streets and honking car horns creating disturbing music are a common occurrence. However, it seems that it is the bikers who are getting a bad rap. In a city wide attempt to regulate bicycle riders, city [...]

236 Lafayette St. New York, NY, is home to a restaurant that by the looks of its exterior is not too welcoming. “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” is the most appropriate phrase that can be said about one of SOHO’s hidden treasures “La Nueva Conquista”. Positioned beneath a shabby apartment building, this restaurant [...]

          On election night, the directors of the Here Arts Center, a SoHo theater, held an unusual event to celebrate Barack Obama’s victory.         Actors Amanda Sisk and Noah Diamond, who recently staged a comic play, “Life After Bush,” followed the election results on a big projector screen, flipping from news channel to news [...]