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SoHo and TriBeCa
The area named
for its shape (TRIangle BElow CAnal) long consis-
ted mostly of abandoned warehouses. Then Robert De Niro set up his
Tribeca Film Center in 1988, stylish restaurants began to open, and
the area started to draw celebrity residents. Now TriBeCa is one of
New York's hottest neighborhoods, the center of the city's movie in-
dustry with the TriBeCa Film Festival and plenty of nightlife. SoHo
(South of Houston) has also come full circle. The empty loft spaces first
drew artists, then galleries, then crowds of browsers and the restaur-
ants to serve them. The new chic image quickly drove up rents and
drove out many galleries. Some remain, and the streets are lined with
designer clothing and home furnishing boutiques, maintaining SoHo's
lure as the city's favorite Sunday brunch-and-browse neighborhood.
Both areas boast the cast-iron architecture that is a New York spe-
cialty.
