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New York City - SoHo & Chinatown
The areas orbiting SoHo (SOuth of HOuston) feel like a string of mini republics. Style-mavens boutique hop in Nolita (NOrth of LIttle ITAly), Italo-Americans channel Napoli in Little Italy, and Chinese families gossip over xiao long bao (soup dumplings) in Chinatown.
- max out the credit cards on SoHo’s big-name fashion streets, followed by cool-hunting and lesser-known labels on the cognoscenti sidewalks of nearby Nolita and NoHo
- slurp soup dumplings and haggling for designer wares of ambiguous authenticity amid the sizzling lights of Chinatown
- snoop around the time-jarred Merchant’s House Museum, imagining NYC life in the wild and dusty 1800s
Coverage includes: Neighbourhood Top Five, Local Life, Getting There & Away, Sights: Chinatown and more, Chinatown Neighborhood Walk, Eating, Drinking & Nightlife, Entertainment, Shopping, An Artisanal Afternoon in SoHo Local Life, and Sports & Activities.
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New York City - SoHo & Chinatown
The areas orbiting SoHo (SOuth of HOuston) feel like a string of mini republics. Style-mavens boutique hop in Nolita (NOrth of LIttle ITAly), Italo-Americans channel Napoli in Little Italy, and Chinese families gossip over xiao long bao (soup dumplings) in Chinatown.
- max out the credit cards on SoHo’s big-name fashion streets, followed by cool-hunting and lesser-known labels on the cognoscenti sidewalks of nearby Nolita and NoHo
- slurp soup dumplings and haggling for designer wares of ambiguous authenticity amid the sizzling lights of Chinatown
- snoop around the time-jarred Merchant’s House Museum, imagining NYC life in the wild and dusty 1800s
Coverage includes: Neighbourhood Top Five, Local Life, Getting There & Away, Sights: Chinatown and more, Chinatown Neighborhood Walk, Eating, Drinking & Nightlife, Entertainment, Shopping, An Artisanal Afternoon in SoHo Local Life, and Sports & Activities.
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