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“Little” Singer Building
By the early 1900s, cast iron was giving way to
steel-framed brick and terracotta. One notable
example is Ernest Flagg's “Little” Singer Build-
ing (to distinguish it from a taller tower also
built for Singer). Influenced by Parisian archi-
tecture of the period, it has a charming 12-story
facade and graceful cast-iron balconies.
• 561-563 Broadway, between Prince &
Spring Sts
“Little” Singer Building
Canal Street
The end of SoHo, the beginning of TriBeCa, and a world of its own, no street better
shows the contrasts of New York. Canal Street is crowded with peddlers selling fake
Rolex watches and Gucci bags, electronics that may or may not be new, and bargain
stores offering sneakers, jeans, and flea-market finds. Keep walking east into Chin-
atown, and the sidewalk goods shift to vegetables and displays of live and dried fish.