Old Map of SoHo, NYC, 1868 by John Bute Holmes - Manhattan Farmland Survey, Broadway, Bleeker, Houston St turkish empire Designed for the Brazilian National

Designed for the Brazilian National Exposition of 1908

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Old Map of SoHo, NYC, 1868 by John Bute Holmes - Manhattan Farmland Survey, Broadway, Bleeker, Houston St turkish empire Designed for the Brazilian NationalThis wonderful old map of New York's SoHo neighbourhood was originally published in 1868. It was created by John Bute Holmes. This map covers what is now known as SoHo (or South of Houston). But, if that wasn't interesting enough, the map also shows the farmland that SoHo was built upon. It is a little hard to believe today, but at the start of the 19th century most of Manhattan was still farmland. Here, the map shows that SoHo used to be West Bayard