Thompson St Between Prince St and Broome St

Though not as crowded and shopper-centric as its neighbors to the east, this long stretch of Thompson is still definitively SoHo. The rows of old short buildings, overflowing with every type of store and restaurant imaginable, wrestles with the sidewalk for space and attention. Though claustrophobic, the small blocks and low skyline allow for taller buildings a few blocks away to peek through.

Thompson feels much less like a tourist destination and much more like a hoppin' local neighborhood – at least when compared to the main SoHo thoroughfares. The staggering amount of space taken up by cars parking on both sides of the street, really bring to light the short-sightedness of the original city plan when it came to allowing for the free flow of traffic. Parts of these blocks are starting to change as the old tenements are bring taken down to make room for chic hotels like Sixty Thompson