Welded sculptures by Bobby Bolles where Watts and Broome and West Broadway intersect, looking east. You can see the Broome Street Bar, where Bolles was a regular, in the background. (photo: Robin Forbes, Archives of American Art, 1975) #SoHomemory

All white! Southeast corner of Prince and Greene in the 1970s (photo: Gil Amiga). I love the ad for the pinking shears up above. #SoHomemory

Remember this scene from the movie GHOST? The moment when Patrick Swayze becomes a ghost on Crosby Street near Prince. (Photo: Paramount Pictures, 1990) #SoHomemory

Remember this place? The slightly overpriced outdoor salvage store on the northeast corner of Houston and Elizabeth (in NoLiTa). What was it called again? I LOVED looking around at their signs and their odd assortment of antiques. (Photo: Grégoire Alessandrini)

From the SoHo Memory Project Archive: A selection from a set of around 50 “baseball” cards where all of the players are artists.

Librarian, author, and critic Jesse Karp and I grew up in SoHo at the same time, born just days apart, but we somehow never met. In this month’s guest post, Jesse looks back at how SoHo had a hand in shaping the person he is today. Photo: Robert Weinreb sohomemory.org/the-neighborho…

Dancers on Fire Escape in SoHo, 1972. I wish we still saw stuff like this in the ‘hood! Photo: Robert Weinreb #SoHomemory

Dave’s Corner (SE corner of Broadway and Canal) at night, date unknown. Photo: Charlyn Zlotnik via NYC Nostalgia, an outrageously fantastic Tumblr page with what must be thousands of great photos (nycnostalgia.tumblr.com) #SoHomemory

This building on Prince Street has seen better days, maybe back when it housed a billiard hall. I wonder how much they were asking for it in 1923. #SoHomemory

Recreation of a Brigada Ramona Parra Mural, 1973. Read more about the Sept 11, '73 civic-military coup that overthrew the Chilean democracy and sparked protest in the US, including the visual arts: instagram.com/sohomemory/ (📸: Alfonso Barrios, @archivesamerart) #SoHomemory

West Broadway at Broome Street (SW corner), 1974 Photo via NYC Nostalgia, an outrageously fantastic Tumblr page with what must be thousands of great photos (nycnostalgia.tumblr.com) #SoHomemory

Spring Street looking east from West Broadway, 1974 Remember Spring Street Natural when it was on Kenmare? On Lafayette? Its original location was on, you guessed it, Spring Street at #149. #SoHomemory Photo: Robert Weinreb

Top 10 quirky things about everyday life in 1970s SoHo: #10 You did a lot of yelling. No one had doorbells, so you had to scream up to a loft to let someone know you were there (and they would then throw you a key in an old sock so you could open the door). 📷Jody Saslow, 1976.

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Who knew there used to be an art fair here! Love the cars. Yes, not SoHo, but SoHo proximate. 📷1 via NYC Nostalgia, an outrageously fantastic Tumblr page with what must be thousands of great photos (nycnostalgia.tumblr.com)

Top 10 quirky things about life in 1970s SoHo: #9 You did a lot of climbing. Many buildings had freight elevators, but often they were not on the ground floor when you came home. Please contribute to our Legacy Campaign today! sohomemory.org/support

Broome Street Musicians, 1979 The story behind the photo: Ellen North rented a cheap apartment in Little Italy when she was in her 20s. She came to SoHo to go to Miya & Yoshi, when she took this photo. 📷1 by Ellen North, ca. 1979📷2: A Miya & Yoshi coat like the one Ellen bought

Don't forget to look up if you're walking down Broadway, Mercer, or Crosby south of Houston. Check out these banners celebrating the "Spirit of SoHo," featuring me and my sister on our SoHo "stoop" when we were little, ca. 1975. Sponsored by @SoHoBroadway and @Uniqlo.

Top 10 quirky things about everyday life in 1970s SoHo: #8 You dragged your trash to the nearest place that did trash pick up...then dragged stuff home from the trash to furnish your home or to make art. Please contribute to our Legacy Campaign today! bit.ly/3ttPhC7

Unpainted sheetrock walls were the norm in SoHo back in the 60s & 70s. SoHo lofts, with their open space allowed artists to work. Cosmetic concerns came later. 1: Artist Robert Duran’s loft in 1975 (📸 @thornton_willis) 2: Zoe in bed, age 4, ca. 1972 (📸Donald Gangemi)