Editing SoHo, Manhattan (section)

===Boundaries===
Because of the nature of neighborhoods in New York City,{{refn|group=notes|Neighborhoods in New York City do not have official status, and their boundaries are not specifically set by the city, although the boundaries of related areas, such as zoning districts and historic districts are set and specific. Because of this, the definition of where neighborhoods begin and end is subject to a variety of forces, including the efforts of real estate concerns to promote certain areas, the use of neighborhood names in media news reports, and the everyday usage of people.<ref>Scherzer, Kenneth A. "neighborhoods" in {{cite enc-nyc2}}, pp.886-87. Quote: "Most neighborhoods in New York have a generally recognized central district, but their boundaries are difficult to define, especially if the population is transient and heterogeneous, the neighborhood is centrally situated, or the question of boundaries is politically sensitive ... Perceptions play a large role in shaping the evolution of neighborhoods: areas that are perceived as desirable tend to grow and prosper, which in turn makes them more desirable. At the same time the boundaries of a prosperous neighborhood inevitably expands, which serves the interests of residents of adjoining areas, of real estate brokers and speculators, and sometimes of government. A similar process works in reverse to the detriment of declining neighborhoods.  Sometimes neighborhoods are renamed in an effort to improve their image."</ref>}} different sources will often give different boundaries for each one. In the case of SoHo, all sources appear to agree that the northern boundary is [[Houston Street]], and the southern boundary is [[Canal Street (Manhattan)|Canal Street]], but the location of the eastern and western boundaries is disputed.

In 1974, shortly after SoHo first came into existence, ''[[The New York Times]]'' described the boundaries as "stretching from Houston to Canal Streets between [[West Broadway]] and [[Lafayette Street]]"<ref>Shulman, Wendy (November 24, 1974) [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1974/11/24/91085427.pdf "SoHo a 'Victim of its Own Success'"] ''[[The New York Times]]''</ref> – a definition it continued to hold to in 2016<ref>Jacobsen, Aileen (April 27, 2016) [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/01/realestate/living-in-soho-chic-stores-and-cobblestones.html?_r=0 "SoHo: Chic Stores and Cobblestones"] ''[[The New York Times]]''</ref> – but ''[[The Encyclopedia of New York City]]'' reports that SoHo is bounded by Crosby Street on the east, and [[Sixth Avenue (Manhattan)|Sixth Avenue]] to the west.<ref name=enc-nyc>Gold, Joyce. "SoHo" in {{cite enc-nyc2}}, pp.1202-03</ref> These are the same boundaries shown by [[Google Maps]].<ref>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/SoHo,+New+York,+NY/@40.7236447,-74.0050567,16z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c2598c5e51e2f3:0xce2f3449f490f818!8m2!3d40.723301!4d-74.0029883 "Soho, Manhattan"] [[Google Maps]]". Accessed: April 15, 2017</ref> However, the ''[[AIA Guide to New York City]]'' gives the western boundary of SoHo north of [[Broome Street]] as being West Broadway,<ref name=aia /> and ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine gives the eastern boundary as Lafayette Street and the western boundary as the [[Hudson River]].<ref>Staff [http://nymag.com/realestate/articles/neighborhoods/soho.htm "Neighborhood Profile: SoHo"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518153557/http://nymag.com/realestate/articles/neighborhoods/soho.htm |date=May 18, 2017 }} ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]''. Accessed: April 15, 2017</ref>

The map at the Community Board 2 profile page on New York City's official website has "SOHO" written near Broadway in the space roughly equidistant between Houston Street and Canal Street.<ref>[http://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/community/community-portal-1.page?cd=mn02 "Community Portal: Manhattan Community District 2"] nyc.gov. Accessed: April 18, 2017</ref><ref name=CB2-map>[https://www1.nyc.gov/html/mancb2/html/home/home.shtml Community Board No. 2, Manhattan, New York City]. 2014. Accessed April 5, 2019.</ref>

In the 1990s, real estate agents began giving an adjacent neighborhood below West Houston Street various appellations, with no general agreement on whether it should be called (or included as part of) West SoHo, [[Hudson Square]] or the [[South Village]].<ref>Wilson, Clare. [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/15/realestate/living-in-west-soho-eschewing-a-name-and-becoming-an-address.html "Living in: West SoHo; Eschewing a Name and Becoming an Address"]. ''[[The New York Times]]'' (August 15, 2004)</ref> The ''AIA Guide'' calls that neighborhood "An intersection of brick and glass, searching for an identity", and refers to the western section of it as "The Glass Box District".<ref>{{cite aia5|page=}}185</ref> Unlike Hudson Square, the South Village has traditionally appeared on maps of Community District 2, centered near the intersection of Houston Street and Avenue of the Americas.<ref>[http://msmanhattan.blogspot.com/2006/06/let-your-voice-be-heard-guide-to.html Let Your Voice Be Heard: A Guide to Manhattan's Community Boards], [http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7514/2288/1600/cb2%20map.jpg map], June 3, 2006.</ref> The more recent map of Community District 2 contains both the South Village and Hudson Square, with the latter written in the area below Houston Street, between [[Hudson Street (Manhattan)|Hudson Street]] and the Hudson River.<ref name=CB2-map/>