Nolita

NoLIta ( North of Little Italy = ) - sometimes simply written " Nolita " - is a small neighborhood in New York district of Manhattan.

Location

NoLIta is bounded on the north by Houston Street, on the east by the Bowery, on the south by the Kenmare Street and on the west by Lafayette Street. Thus, it lies east of SoHo, south of NoHo, west of the Lower East Side and north of Little Italy and Chinatown.

Name history

For a long time this area was counted to Little Italy. However, the area in recent decades has lost some of the typical Italian atmosphere, as Italian-Americans have moved at this time from Manhattan. In the second half of the 1990s, this area has undergone an influx of yuppies and, consequently, shot expensive boutiques and trendy restaurants and bars from the ground. Because of this change, this was in-district of estate agents first simply slammed SoHo, but it could not prevail. Finally, several ideas emerged, such as the district could be called, with NoLIta prevailed.

Important monuments

Within the district is St. Patrick 's Old Cathedral (corner of Mott Street and Prince Street). The foundation stone for this church was on June 8, 1809. It was opened in 1815 and rebuilt in 1868 after a fire. She served the Catholic Church as the Cathedral until 1879, the new St. Patrick's Cathedral in Midtown Manhattan was opened on Fifth Avenue. Today is St. Patrick 's Old Cathedral, a parish church.

Another monument in this neighborhood is the Puck Building, which was built with its ornate facade in 1885 on the corner of Houston Street and Lafayette Street. This was the original Author of the now no longer issued Puck Magazine.