SoHo as a NY Times featured neighborhood profile

As always, this feature describes the neighborhood in broad terms, and has sections for “what you’ll find”, “what you’ll pay”, “what to do”, “the schools”, history” and a few properties for sale.

I think reporter Jeff Vandam has it pretty much exactly backwards with his comment:

But while SoHo may strike some first-time visitors as a really, really good-looking shopping mall, both longtime residents and recent arrivals know there is more to the area than handbags and designer iPod cases.

Actually, I think many long-time residents are not happy that SoHo has become that “really, really good-looking shopping mall”. Even some of the newer residents are less than thrilled with the pedestrian traffic and increasingly (dare I say it?) pedestrian shopping.