Chapter 1
Cast iron and cobblestones
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Chapter 2
From factories to fine art
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Chapter 3
The battle to save SoHo
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Chapter 4
Hidden anomalies and street secrets
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YOUR GOAL
Master of Secrets of SoHo
Ch 4 · Hidden anomalies and street secrets
sonia SoHo's Sidewalk Subway Map
Subway on the ground, subway on the ground! There's a secret glowing map right on the ground!
BETA
sonia Tap the hidden peepholes on each street to discover Soho's coolest historic secrets.
Fun Fact
Sidewalk lights: The glowing bulbs in the sidewalk subway map installation on Greene Street are actually powered by the building next to it.
Glossary
vault light (noun)
A thick glass prism set into a pavement frame to transmit daylight to a subterranean space. Thaddeus Hyatt patented these glass panels in 1845 to illuminate Manhattan's subterranean workspaces.
A thick glass prism set into a pavement frame to transmit daylight to a subterranean space. Thaddeus Hyatt patented these glass panels in 1845 to illuminate Manhattan's subterranean workspaces.
Quiz
Which historic natural stream can still be seen flowing through a pipe in a SoHo building lobby?
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If laid end-to-end, what distance would the brass rods in 'The Broken Kilometer' equal?
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Who is the artist behind the 'Subway Map Floating on a Sidewalk' installation in SoHo?
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Where can you see a 156-foot-long brass subway map embedded directly into the sidewalk?
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How many highly polished brass rods make up Walter De Maria's 'The Broken Kilometer' installation?
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What distinctive materials did architect Ernest Flagg use for the facade of the Little Singer Building?