
Actress Reese Withersppon was out shopping in the SoHo district over the weekend wearing the funky reto style of Mosley Tribes “Paladino” sunglass.
SoHo is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is bounded roughly by Houston Street on the north, Lafayette Street on the east, Canal Street on the south, and Varick Street on the west. The name is a blend of “South” and “Houston”, from “south of Houston Street”. The area is noted for the elaborate cast-iron architecture of many of its buildings, most of which date from the late 19th century. The neighborhood rose to fame as a neighborhood for artists during the 1960s and 1970s, when the cheap spaces vacated by departing factories were converted by artists into lofts and studios. SoHo’s lofts were especially appealing to artists because they could use the wide spaces and tall ceilings that factories and warehouses required to create and store their work. During this period, which lasted into the 1980s, living in SoHo was often of dubious legality, as the area was zoned for light industrial and commercial uses rather than residential, and many residents had to convert their apartments into livable spaces on their own, with little money. However, beginning in the 1980s, in a way that would later apply elsewhere, the neighborhood began to draw more affluent residents. This led to an eventual exodus of the area’s artists during the 1990s, leaving galleries, boutiques, restaurants, and young urban professionals behind.
