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How SoHo NYC Became The Cast Iron District | Walking Tour | Architectural Digest

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  • Опубликовано: 15 мар 2023
  • Architect Nicholas Potts returns for another history-revealing walking tour, this time exploring the ever-evolving look of SoHo in New York City. From stone-mimicking cast-iron details to repurposed mercantile buildings with soaring glass windows, Nick breaks down the surprising history and motivations that led to the distinctive style "South of Houston."
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  • @Mooreshire
    @Mooreshire Год назад +150

    This series just keeps getting better. Great host(s) & great editing.

    • @colors6692
      @colors6692 Год назад

      The editing is OK.

    • @Mrwhosetheboss01
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  • @ettabrooke6098
    @ettabrooke6098 Год назад +177

    I’d be interested in what buildings in New York City are Nick’s favorites and why. This is my favorite series!

    • @nicholaspotts8728
      @nicholaspotts8728 Год назад +25

      Favorites are hard and too numerous to count! But I always find myself going back to: (a) the Seagram Building on Park Avenue between E. 52nd and 53rd... for so, so many reasons (including its materials, its patronage/Phyllis Lambert's willing it into being, and the peculiarity that the first 20 feet of the interior ceilings are part of its Landmarks designation), (b) the Woolworth Building on Broadway @ Park Place for its optimism about what skyscrapers could be (c) Grand Central for how it works in section to move people effortlessly between sunken train tracks and several levels of streets above in a very tiny footprint, plus some great Guastavino vaulting, and (d) the Veterans' Room in the Park Avenue Armory for the experimental details and textures that its designers, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Candace Wheeler, and Stanford White - thought to put together - yet it all works.

    • @bryguy24
      @bryguy24 Год назад +4

      @@nicholaspotts8728 hey Nick, where else can we find your thoughts, work, and unlock more of your genius architectural and historical insights? Big fan and thanks for your contributions to this series - I learn a ton every time!

    • @Mrwhosetheboss01
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  • @hellothere2214
    @hellothere2214 Год назад +112

    Nick Potts again just like the last informative video. This guy is the most knowledgeable person on this channel and the reason I'm still subscribed. Keep posting videos with him. I wouldn't mind watching 30 minutes videos of him explaining history of certain buildings. Great work Nick 👏

  • @can72287
    @can72287 Год назад +22

    SoHo and all it’s cast iron. Probally one of the best neighborhoods I’ve ever been blessed to see in person.
    A cast iron street wall, with Belgian block streets. And when it sun hits it right….nothing like it 😍

  • @sophiaisabelle0227
    @sophiaisabelle0227 Год назад +78

    Nick Potts seems to have a lot of interesting insights to share. Thanks for letting him come on here.

  • @chloeliu6642
    @chloeliu6642 Год назад +36

    Love this architecture tour as it includes a good amount of substantial history facts! I've been to NYC so many times but never looked at the city from an architect's perspective. Thanks Nick for this great tour!!!

  • @jackchow397
    @jackchow397 Год назад +5

    side note: I love that Jil Sander by Raf whale sweater Nick is wearing

  • @jacob9540
    @jacob9540 Год назад +3

    My favorite place in Manhattan on a sunny summer day. The Elizabeth Street garden is a hidden gem and beautiful place to have a picnic with some Prince St pizza right in the heart of soho

  • @nutsbutdum
    @nutsbutdum Год назад +84

    I was today years old when I learned that those SOHO houses I always thought were in stone are actually cast-iron. My life is a lie!😂

    • @Mrwhosetheboss01
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    • @Huels
      @Huels Год назад +5

      I would go up and knock on them when I was 12 years old and that's when I found out it was not made of stone.

  • @Alex-cw3rz
    @Alex-cw3rz Год назад +9

    I wish architecture today, seem as it is mass produced as well, would take a note from the past and be more decorative.

  • @Chrissieb.rackett
    @Chrissieb.rackett Год назад +3

    Lovin’ Nicky Potts in the new glasses he’s been wearing last few videos 😎

  • @mrvk39
    @mrvk39 Год назад +11

    Very interesting how a new technology for the end of 19th century - cast iron building- was thought as fireproof only to disappoint when tested by actual fires. It's a process with all new technology. And Soho and Flat Iron districts are unique that they were build up very rapidly in a matter of just 2-3 decades in that style. Other cities might just have a few buildings here and there, maybe a port area with these types but NYC has dozens and dozens of streets of them.

  • @sarahwardles1947
    @sarahwardles1947 Год назад +46

    LOVE these videos! Give us more! Every NYC neighborhood!

  • @marionannmacredie
    @marionannmacredie Год назад +6

    Hi from New Zealand! Thank you for your wonderful video! When I come to New York I will appreciate it so much more thanks to your videos 😎👍🏽😎

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  • @jerrytwolanes4659
    @jerrytwolanes4659 Год назад +7

    Brilliant! Absolutely Brilliant!
    I could have listened to Mr. Potts for hours and hours!

  • @maurobrunosolavergara5041
    @maurobrunosolavergara5041 Год назад +8

    OH GOD YES another video with Nick! Your channel should be solely based on him. Literally I would paid to see him explain every city

  • @rgarlinyc
    @rgarlinyc Год назад +13

    Another well explained showing of NYC architecture - as for me, everywhere in NYC is wonderful, I never cease of enjoying and being surrounded by its peerless architecture!

    • @Mrwhosetheboss01
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  • @christophercox936
    @christophercox936 Месяц назад

    I live in NYC those buildings are beyond gorgeous.

  • @obsidiawn2852
    @obsidiawn2852 7 месяцев назад

    First of all it is refreshing to see a building in the iron district that has a black doors with part of the building above white to one side and another side with a rich brick color on the other side. I thought Iron is fire proof so putting an external fireproof coat another paint can go over makes it fire resistant. Very cool, I want to see the inside of this building.

  • @frederick036
    @frederick036 Год назад +2

    Please come to London!

  • @stevemiller7949
    @stevemiller7949 Год назад +3

    Only in New York kids. I know Robert Moses wanted to plow through Greenwich Village and I think he had Soho on his hit list as well. I think the metal fire escapes are charming, but are they still considered a functional safety feature?

  • @wilsonsmom411
    @wilsonsmom411 Год назад +17

    I’d love to go on a walking tour with Nick Potts! And I would have loved to seen these buildings in their original polychrome colors.

  • @vb001
    @vb001 Год назад +2

    I live for this series and Nick Potts

  • @lorinotarius
    @lorinotarius Год назад +14

    These are so fascinating! I love these tours of NYC. Thank you!

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  • @serafinacosta7118
    @serafinacosta7118 Год назад +7

    It’s only fitting that AD features an Architect breaking down styles by cathegory. And that said Architect is a subject matter expert.
    The edited flow, the sequency of building styles , the sound track , all fit in perfectly.
    I know these featured videos take time to put together. I can only hope they keep on finding more topic videos of building’s external views to dissect.

  • @bonniechalek8958
    @bonniechalek8958 Год назад +4

    I really enjoy your architectural videos.

  • @margaretjudice8944
    @margaretjudice8944 Год назад +2

    Great information! Great video! Thank you for sharing!

  • @marinedrive5484
    @marinedrive5484 Год назад +8

    It's pretty amazing what the architects and engineers of the time were able to achieve using cast iron to decorate the facades of these buildings; imitating the stone facades of Renaissance, Italy with some panache. The original polychromatic colour schemes would probably look quite shocking to modern eyes, I imagine.

    • @popcorn8153
      @popcorn8153 Год назад

      all that detail, and it was all hand drawn. The process was wild

  • @jkickass
    @jkickass Год назад +2

    thanks, that was easy to digest

  • @CamillieYuasa
    @CamillieYuasa Год назад +1

    Can you do this for Harlem? Would love one that explores Convent Ave., Strivers row etc.

  • @tinypinata505
    @tinypinata505 Год назад +2

    J'adore NYC!

  • @Alex-cw3rz
    @Alex-cw3rz Год назад +8

    In my hometown of Bolton in the UK we have a indoor market hall, it is a beautiful and giant iron structure, with a neo-classicial exterior, when built in the 1860s it was said to be the largest indoor market in the country. It's an amazing piece of architecture, very airy and bright, worthy of a major city. It's called the Bolton Marketplace or Market Hall.

    • @anonymousonlineuser6543
      @anonymousonlineuser6543 Год назад +2

      Those markets were built in every major city in Europe. They are gorgeous and grand inside and many survived.

    • @Alex-cw3rz
      @Alex-cw3rz Год назад +2

      @@anonymousonlineuser6543 genuinely non look as grand as this on the inside.

    • @danibaie
      @danibaie Год назад

      ​@@Alex-cw3rz😅 you've been to them all

    • @Alex-cw3rz
      @Alex-cw3rz Год назад +1

      @@danibaie well you can look at pictures and there aren't many covered markets and Bolton's is the grandest covered marker. Unless you can name another.

    • @danibaie
      @danibaie Год назад

      @@Alex-cw3rz indoor markets aren't rare. There actually are quite a number of them. I looked at Bolton online: beautiful building. But as an indoor market, I don't find it that impressive. There are many indoor markets all over Europe housed in beautiful buildings.
      We can have different opinions, my original comment was more a joke than anything.

  • @barbarawillis4275
    @barbarawillis4275 10 месяцев назад

    Enjoying the episodes on the neighborhoods of NYC.

  • @caragamo3752
    @caragamo3752 Год назад +5

    One of my favorite series' here on YT. Would loveee if there could be a series for other historical cities such as Berlin, Paris, Madrid, Rome, and more! 🙏🏽

    • @Mrwhosetheboss01
      @Mrwhosetheboss01 Год назад

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  • @edimalan14
    @edimalan14 Год назад +4

    Love these please make more

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  • @barbr100
    @barbr100 Год назад +4

    I really enjoy these walking tours.

  • @deloliilol
    @deloliilol Год назад +5

    I love these videos. Make me travel and informs me!

  • @AJsGreenThumbLLC
    @AJsGreenThumbLLC Год назад

    Again, fascinating! I am now going to binge on this series.

  • @posthocprior
    @posthocprior Год назад +9

    This is fantastic.

  • @sm3675
    @sm3675 Год назад +2

    Visit Boston!!!

  • @karsonfenton8066
    @karsonfenton8066 Год назад +4

    Well done. I found this guy really easy to listen to and informative.

  • @joerodriguez5394
    @joerodriguez5394 Год назад +4

    This guy is a genius, I loved this!

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  • @streetsambience6054
    @streetsambience6054 Год назад +1

    Awesome informative video.

  • @susanbaker2796
    @susanbaker2796 Год назад +4

    I couldn't click on this fast enough. Nick Potts is the best. The best! I always learn so much.

  • @Symmetre
    @Symmetre Год назад +2

    Nice tour.

  • @tamarasself-sufficientlife7539
    @tamarasself-sufficientlife7539 Год назад +2

    Nick does a great narrative & showed me things I never would have truly looked at or appreciated. Thank you.

    • @Mrwhosetheboss01
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  • @susanb1997
    @susanb1997 Год назад +1

    I love these buildings! ❤

  • @lawjent
    @lawjent Год назад

    I wish you said what soho used to be called cuz i wnet into a deep rabbithole into the history of nyc . Wich wasnt bad. But now im back to this video lol. So thank you. Im too high for this lo

  • @shinybaldy
    @shinybaldy Год назад +3

    What a privilege it is to learn about architecture from a person who obviously loves the city so much. Thank you for publishing this.

  • @girlperson1
    @girlperson1 Год назад +1

    I love those cast iron buildings.

  • @alphabah9822
    @alphabah9822 10 месяцев назад

    1- The Constable Store
    2- Haughwout Building
    3- 504 Broadway New York NY
    4- 478 Broadway New York NY
    5- 513-519 Broadway New York NY
    6- 40 Bond St New York NY
    7- The Little Singer Building

  • @kethsharakhlok1976
    @kethsharakhlok1976 Год назад

    Interesting tour for this particular part of NYC; a few of the buildings reminded me of decorative iron work facades like some buildings in Barcelona.

  • @OutsideWalker
    @OutsideWalker Год назад +1

    beautiful tour! impressive facades and cool atmo! best from Berlin :)

  • @jabrayjay6679
    @jabrayjay6679 Год назад

    This is like being taken on a walking tour, I love it!

  • @FerrantePottery
    @FerrantePottery Год назад

    Soho has such an unexplainable charm

  • @jumbajambaddada191
    @jumbajambaddada191 Год назад +1

    Potts with the easter egg Sperm Whale (candle) sweater. I see you Nick.

  • @mysterywriter888
    @mysterywriter888 Год назад

    Loved the art deco one best! Lovely!

  • @seanwisdom6268
    @seanwisdom6268 Год назад

    Excellent. Very well done. Thanks AD.

  • @DrRichardMarques
    @DrRichardMarques Год назад +1

    Amazing!!

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  • @corneliuswhite5139
    @corneliuswhite5139 Год назад +1

    Very interesting!

    • @Mrwhosetheboss01
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  • @drivingottawa
    @drivingottawa Год назад +2

    What an amazing film! Great content!

  • @gavinyu21
    @gavinyu21 Год назад +2

    I wish they continue to manufacture these beautiful facade and put them all over those souless and boxy modern buildings.

  • @vnkman4391
    @vnkman4391 Год назад +1

    This is a great series. Congrats. Keep 'em coming.

  • @plumeretbonnet
    @plumeretbonnet Год назад

    thank you

  • @sfowler1017
    @sfowler1017 Год назад +1

    This is such a great series. More, more!

  • @bonakdar.architecture
    @bonakdar.architecture Год назад +4

    Have to visit this district next time I’m in town. Great Video ❤

    • @mikev.2945
      @mikev.2945 Год назад +1

      Highly recommended. SoHo and Greenwich Village are my favorite places to walk due to the history and interesting architecture.
      The second building he featured - E.V. Haughwout Building - I particularly love. Tons of history with that one including the first passenger elevator; and when it was a department store, Mary Todd Lincoln had White House china painted there.

    • @bonakdar.architecture
      @bonakdar.architecture Год назад +1

      @@mikev.2945 Thank you very much 😁I didn't know that about the E.V. Haughwout. Really cool stuff.

  • @amsterdamwalks
    @amsterdamwalks Год назад +2

    Nice video, new subscriber from Amsterdam. No lack of great architecture there neither! ;-)

  • @franciskeyes
    @franciskeyes Год назад +4

    Thank you, Nick, for your eye-opening tours.

  • @catherine1057
    @catherine1057 Год назад +2

    Absolutely fascinating, thank you so much

    • @ramparkash2318
      @ramparkash2318 Год назад

      Catherine. Ur saying absolutely right. Really fascinating as you.

  • @WarpedHorizon
    @WarpedHorizon Год назад +1

    Bring the polychrome back!

  • @jplourde11
    @jplourde11 Год назад

    More Nick Potts!🎉

  • @PfadiHH
    @PfadiHH Год назад +2

    Really interesting and beautiful! Are these buildings listed/protected?

    • @hejiranyc
      @hejiranyc Год назад

      Pretty much the entirety of SoHo and NoHo have been designated historic districts. However, that being said, the Marxist/socialist element of NYC government, spurred on by former mayor DeBlasio, are currently trying to turn SoHo into an "affordable housing" neighborhood, i.e., The Projects. It seems that these radical leftwingnuts will not stop until they have ruined everything that smacks of Eurocentrism in the name of "social justice."

  • @gringdoo
    @gringdoo Год назад

    Cool and interesting Soho tour. Great to be able to watched, thank you so much for sharing.

  • @hkkhgffh3613
    @hkkhgffh3613 Год назад

    Wickid stuff!

  • @Dev1nci
    @Dev1nci Год назад

    0:30 look at those single colours 😮

  • @sm3675
    @sm3675 Год назад

    Visit Montreal!!

  • @xxryanmichael32xx
    @xxryanmichael32xx Год назад +1

    My day just got so much better

  • @jayski9410
    @jayski9410 Год назад

    I had always wondered if the cast iron was structural or just a curtain wall hung on the front of the building. And if architectural salvage people rescue these old castings for creative reuse, possibly on interiors?

  • @accesstotheredcarpet
    @accesstotheredcarpet Год назад +3

    I work in NYC and been to Soho so many times and never really noticed those architectural elements that would catch my eye. I guess they are not a wow factor in NYC when everything looks asymmetrical. Not the same as European architecture that I find more intriguing than NYC.

  • @life-is-here
    @life-is-here Год назад +2

    This video provides an interesting look at the history of Soho's cast iron district and its transformation into a luxury residential neighborhood.
    Thanks, @life-is-here

  • @susanavenir
    @susanavenir Год назад +1

    Delightful!

  • @fcbarcelona-clashroyale4778
    @fcbarcelona-clashroyale4778 Год назад

    I was looking for Soho in London 😂

  • @jaimielevesquesteel7695
    @jaimielevesquesteel7695 Год назад

    Nick’s awesome. I love this series.

  • @SPACEDOUT19
    @SPACEDOUT19 Год назад +4

    A great video. Historic.

  • @babbaganush9659
    @babbaganush9659 Год назад

    This is the neighborhood where they film alot of NYC-based films. I've never seen another neighborhood that resembles it.

  • @Mr21scott
    @Mr21scott Год назад +2

    These videos are great, and he does a great job. Would love to see more. Thanks.

  • @mossbawi
    @mossbawi Год назад +1

    Was pun intended when Nick said that it was "ironic" at 4:45?🥬

  • @lillianbarker4292
    @lillianbarker4292 Год назад

    I’m sure the windows originally opened. What were they made of and what was the design?

  • @brianheffernan8982
    @brianheffernan8982 Год назад +1

    Have most of these old buildings been converted to apartments and condos?

    • @epicn
      @epicn Год назад +1

      Many are shops on the ground floor, yeah, a lot of the upper floors are studio apartments. Very expensive neighborhood as well

  • @piipoo147
    @piipoo147 Год назад +2

    I love New York

  • @AllStars2525
    @AllStars2525 Год назад

    Nick provides in-depth history of the NYC buildings and architecture. Between him and Michael, I'd be willing to pay for a week long architectural tour when I visit the city.

  • @NiKiMa023
    @NiKiMa023 10 месяцев назад

    Anyone else remember when 504 was Canal Jeans?

  • @charissemodeste6489
    @charissemodeste6489 Год назад +2

    This was very informative..
    Thank you.

  • @hussienalsafi1149
    @hussienalsafi1149 Год назад +1

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @welcome_Moscow_walks
    @welcome_Moscow_walks Год назад

    Thanks. It was interesting 😊

  • @lilysinthang
    @lilysinthang Год назад

    AD please do an Open door visit to Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas. Would love to see them.

  • @rafaeldelahoz5565
    @rafaeldelahoz5565 Год назад

    Great host

  • @gargle99
    @gargle99 10 месяцев назад +1

    Lots of great info but I had to cut the playback speed to 90% to understand this guy

  • @eduardvandijk3431
    @eduardvandijk3431 Год назад +3

    More this, less celebrity homes.

  • @vincentgoupil180
    @vincentgoupil180 Год назад +1

    Thanks for the walk
    Minor detail: 0:22 at the northeast corner of Broadway and Houston where Elm St. and Baxter converge on the map there's a building labeled *Polizei* (German for Police). Was this due to German Immigrants demographics around that time ?