Cult places of New York Soho

To the beginning of 80th years Soho has turned to area of galleries near to which expensive shops even more often began to appear.

Have opened: Mark Jacobs, Vivienne Westwood, La Perla, Yohji Yamamoto, also have opened the branches the main city department stores — Barneys and Bloomingdale's, trace network giants like J.Crew and h&m. Opening at the corner of the Broadway and Prince Street shop Prada which interior did one of the main architects of the present — Rem Koolhaas became deification. The Great bulk of artists and galleries from here has moved down for a long time to Brooklyn.

Social centre Soho it is possible, possibly to name corner Prince Street and Mercer Street where in 1998 one of the first design hotels of New York has opened, The Mercer — with quite good restaurant The Mercer Kitchen on the ground floor and accessible only for lodgers and secular persons basement club Submercer. Through road from it the place getting to ten of the oldest New York bars — Fanelli's Cafe (has opened in 1847) is still live. At the one who will come here in the evening, the chance to find crowd of tourists so it is better to wait till midnight is great.

Apple Store in Soho

Hardly further on Prince Street is Mac Ap Store — that place where it is necessary to buy in New York iPod, PowerBook and other expensive electronics with the bitten apple on the case. This shop is good also that here always it is possible to check up e-mail: all computers at demonstration stands are connected to the Internet. In the house on an opposite side through Green Street gallery Mimi Ferzt in which cloths of eminent artists are on sale is located.

In Soho it is a lot of culinary points and every year becomes more and more. A specific mention are worthy the French bistro Balthazar on Spring Street between the Broadway both Crosby Street and Savoy at the corner Prince Street. Balthazar near to which there is a confectioner's shop, many consider as the best French institution in a city; if the hotel is located nearby, to go to have breakfast it makes sense here. Savoy — very cosy restaurant with Italian the head cook.

In general, beginning from the Western Broadway, the chance to meet snackbars and little shops considerably increases. Special attention in this respect deserves Sullivan Street — street which once was the main artery of one of the main Italian areas of Manhattan. As the main confectioner's shop here was considered Sullivan Street Bakery (№73), the main butcher's shop — Pepe Rosso to Go (№149), the main hairdressing salon — salon without the name in №105. Still fifteen years ago such old institutions was here much more, however approach of shops to Soho has led to that almost all of them were closed — and area as unity of inhabitants has practically come to naught. But now here it is possible to meet stars of show business and to stand in turn in one of the best New York bars — Blue Ribbon.

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