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

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  • @Mooreshire
    @Mooreshire ปีที่แล้ว +155

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

    • @colors6692
      @colors6692 ปีที่แล้ว

      The editing is OK.

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  • @ettabrooke6098
    @ettabrooke6098 ปีที่แล้ว +183

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

    • @nicholaspotts8728
      @nicholaspotts8728 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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!

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  • @Burntmywallet
    @Burntmywallet ปีที่แล้ว +117

    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 👏

    • @sarahwardles1947
      @sarahwardles1947 ปีที่แล้ว

      me too!

    • @jennifercarr7351
      @jennifercarr7351 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I agree, nice to slow down a tad though

    • @civlyzed
      @civlyzed 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jennifercarr7351 He loves cafe lattes.

  • @christophercox936
    @christophercox936 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I live in NYC those buildings are beyond gorgeous.

  • @sophiaisabelle027
    @sophiaisabelle027 ปีที่แล้ว +79

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

  • @jacob9540
    @jacob9540 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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

  • @chloeliu6642
    @chloeliu6642 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    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!!!

  • @can72287
    @can72287 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    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 😍

    • @acd1168
      @acd1168 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It’s my favorite neighborhood in NYC

  • @jackchow397
    @jackchow397 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @Chrissieb.rackett
    @Chrissieb.rackett ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @sarahwardles1947
    @sarahwardles1947 ปีที่แล้ว +46

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

    • @susanbaker2796
      @susanbaker2796 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yes! Every NYC neighborhood.

  • @marionannmacredie
    @marionannmacredie ปีที่แล้ว +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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  • @rgarlinyc
    @rgarlinyc ปีที่แล้ว +14

    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!

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  • @Alex-cw3rz
    @Alex-cw3rz ปีที่แล้ว +14

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

  • @maurobrunosolavergara5041
    @maurobrunosolavergara5041 ปีที่แล้ว +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

  • @jerrytwolanes4659
    @jerrytwolanes4659 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @nutsbutdum
    @nutsbutdum ปีที่แล้ว +90

    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!😂

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    • @Huels
      @Huels ปีที่แล้ว +6

      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.

  • @mrvk39
    @mrvk39 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @stevemiller7949
    @stevemiller7949 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @Alex-cw3rz
    @Alex-cw3rz ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @Alex-cw3rz
      @Alex-cw3rz ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @danibaie
      @danibaie ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @Alex-cw3rz
      @Alex-cw3rz ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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.

  • @susanbaker2796
    @susanbaker2796 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @vb001
    @vb001 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I live for this series and Nick Potts

  • @lorinotarius
    @lorinotarius ปีที่แล้ว +14

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

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  • @shinybaldy
    @shinybaldy ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @bonniechalek8958
    @bonniechalek8958 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I really enjoy your architectural videos.

  • @AJsGreenThumbLLC
    @AJsGreenThumbLLC ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @barbarawillis4275
    @barbarawillis4275 ปีที่แล้ว

    Enjoying the episodes on the neighborhoods of NYC.

  • @barbr100
    @barbr100 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I really enjoy these walking tours.

  • @obsidiawn2852
    @obsidiawn2852 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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.

  • @margaretjudice8944
    @margaretjudice8944 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great information! Great video! Thank you for sharing!

  • @frederick036
    @frederick036 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Please come to London!

  • @kethsharakhlok1976
    @kethsharakhlok1976 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @joerodriguez5394
    @joerodriguez5394 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This guy is a genius, I loved this!

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  • @deloliilol
    @deloliilol ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @marinedrive5484
    @marinedrive5484 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @caragamo3752
    @caragamo3752 ปีที่แล้ว +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! 🙏🏽

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  • @serafinacosta7118
    @serafinacosta7118 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @CamillieYuasa
    @CamillieYuasa ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @tamarasself-sufficientlife7539
    @tamarasself-sufficientlife7539 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

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  • @FerrantePottery
    @FerrantePottery ปีที่แล้ว

    Soho has such an unexplainable charm

  • @tinypinata505
    @tinypinata505 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    J'adore NYC!

  • @OutsideWalker
    @OutsideWalker ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @girlperson1
    @girlperson1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love those cast iron buildings.

  • @karsonfenton8066
    @karsonfenton8066 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @edimalan14
    @edimalan14 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love these please make more

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  • @jabrayjay6679
    @jabrayjay6679 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @posthocprior
    @posthocprior ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This is fantastic.

  • @jkickass
    @jkickass ปีที่แล้ว +2

    thanks, that was easy to digest

  • @susanb1997
    @susanb1997 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love these buildings! ❤

  • @mysterywriter888
    @mysterywriter888 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved the art deco one best! Lovely!

  • @lawjent
    @lawjent ปีที่แล้ว

    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

  • @Symmetre
    @Symmetre ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice tour.

  • @streetsambience6054
    @streetsambience6054 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome informative video.

  • @seanwisdom6268
    @seanwisdom6268 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent. Very well done. Thanks AD.

  • @jplourde11
    @jplourde11 ปีที่แล้ว

    More Nick Potts!🎉

  • @Dev1nci
    @Dev1nci ปีที่แล้ว

    0:30 look at those single colours 😮

  • @drivingottawa
    @drivingottawa ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What an amazing film! Great content!

  • @amsterdamwalks
    @amsterdamwalks ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @bonakdar.architecture
    @bonakdar.architecture ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @mikev.2945
      @mikev.2945 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @gavinyu21
    @gavinyu21 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @sm3675
    @sm3675 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Visit Boston!!!

  • @jayski9410
    @jayski9410 ปีที่แล้ว

    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?

  • @DrRichardMarques
    @DrRichardMarques ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing!!

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  • @PfadiHH
    @PfadiHH ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @hejiranyc
      @hejiranyc ปีที่แล้ว

      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."

  • @corneliuswhite5139
    @corneliuswhite5139 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very interesting!

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  • @vnkman4391
    @vnkman4391 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @alphabah9822
    @alphabah9822 ปีที่แล้ว

    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

  • @vincentgoupil180
    @vincentgoupil180 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ?

  • @hkkhgffh3613
    @hkkhgffh3613 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wickid stuff!

  • @lillianbarker4292
    @lillianbarker4292 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @plumeretbonnet
    @plumeretbonnet ปีที่แล้ว

    thank you

  • @brianheffernan8982
    @brianheffernan8982 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @epicn
      @epicn ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @catherine1057
    @catherine1057 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Absolutely fascinating, thank you so much

    • @ramparkash2318
      @ramparkash2318 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @jumbajambaddada191
    @jumbajambaddada191 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @franciskeyes
    @franciskeyes ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @sfowler1017
    @sfowler1017 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is such a great series. More, more!

  • @Mr21scott
    @Mr21scott ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @SPACEDOUT19
    @SPACEDOUT19 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    A great video. Historic.

  • @sm3675
    @sm3675 ปีที่แล้ว

    Visit Montreal!!

  • @WOOF95
    @WOOF95 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @gringdoo
    @gringdoo ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @babbaganush9659
    @babbaganush9659 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @GTOBlackjack
    @GTOBlackjack ปีที่แล้ว +1

    does this guy say houston like house ton?

  • @charissemodeste6489
    @charissemodeste6489 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was very informative..
    Thank you.

  • @rafaeldelahoz5565
    @rafaeldelahoz5565 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great host

  • @welcome_Moscow_walks
    @welcome_Moscow_walks ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks. It was interesting 😊

  • @fcbarcelona-clashroyale4778
    @fcbarcelona-clashroyale4778 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was looking for Soho in London 😂

  • @WarpedHorizon
    @WarpedHorizon ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bring the polychrome back!

  • @Dev1nci
    @Dev1nci ปีที่แล้ว

    6:03 this is almost Post-Modern or even Mannerist.

  • @JDLS-v8p
    @JDLS-v8p ปีที่แล้ว

    Nick’s awesome. I love this series.

  • @xxryanmichael32xx
    @xxryanmichael32xx ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My day just got so much better

  • @ginahamlyn2569
    @ginahamlyn2569 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I found this very interesting indeed.

    • @unendin
      @unendin ปีที่แล้ว

      Novelty Iron Works, pictured first, was building ships on the East River, not architectural elements on the Hudson. Boilers were more glamorous than finials at the time.

  • @susanavenir
    @susanavenir ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Delightful!

  • @NiKiMa023
    @NiKiMa023 ปีที่แล้ว

    Anyone else remember when 504 was Canal Jeans?

  • @hussienalsafi1149
    @hussienalsafi1149 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @lilysinthang
    @lilysinthang ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @gargle99
    @gargle99 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @accesstotheredcarpet
    @accesstotheredcarpet ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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