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In his new novel, “By Nightfall,” Michael Cunningham zeroes in on the knowable and then the stubborn mysteries between spouses. And, as his fans can imagine, he does so with intense scrutiny and psychological wisdom. For every line of dialogue between New York married couple Peter and Rebecca Harris, he offers paragraphs of electric subtext, of relevant back story, of jumbled emotions. It’s the Virginia Woolf approach to the great size of the moment, to the history we carry into every encounter, that he evoked and celebrated so brilliantly in his Pulitzer Prize-winning “The Hours.” And...

Jewelry company Tiffany & Co. plans to open a store in New York's SoHo neighborhood next fall. The 7,000-square-foot shop will be in the middle of the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District and will debut in September 2012, which will also mark Tiffany's 175th anniversary. The retailer, known for its turquoise boxes, began on Lower Broadway but moved to Broadway at Prince St. in the 1850s. The new SoHo store will be Tiffany's third New York City location. Last month Tiffany reported that its second-quarter net income surged 30 percent on strong growth across all regions.

NEW YORK -- The streets of West Chelsea are unforgiving. On a hot day, the sun steams the treeless pavements, making a three-block walk feel like 10. In winter, winds whip unimpeded from the nearby Hudson River, rubbing cheeks ruby and raw. There's no close subway station, and amenities such as restaurants are few. Yet this unadorned, industrial neighborhood has undergone a renaissance in the last 15 years, one you might not notice on first glance....

NEW YORK — We’ve come a long way when a boutique hotel in SoHo can be thought of as nostalgic. But basing yourself at the corner of Mercer and Prince streets in this supercharged urban playground is a turn backward in time, of sorts, when groovy mood music and a Lower Manhattan vibe were just hitting their stride, after Prince was singing about 1999. Yes, the boutique hotel in Manhattan has long since soared to the next level — the Standard, the Greenwich Hotel, the Bowery.

NEW YORK - Fritz Lohman, who championed gay and lesbian artists and waged a battle to rezone what today is the city’s artsy SoHo district, has died. Mr. Lohman died Dec. 31, said Charles Leslie, his partner of 48 years. The cause of death was cardiac arrest. He was 87. In 1990, the two men established the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, a nonprofit art gallery on Wooster Street “to provide an outlet for artwork that is unambiguously gay,’’ according to its website.

NEW YORK — We’ve come a long way when a boutique hotel in SoHo can be thought of as nostalgic. But basing yourself at the corner of Mercer and Prince streets in this supercharged urban playground is a turn backward in time, of sorts, when groovy mood music and a Lower Manhattan vibe were just hitting their stride, after Prince was singing about 1999. Yes, the boutique hotel in Manhattan has long since soared to the next level — the Standard, the Greenwich Hotel, the Bowery.

"When we heard about the teams of curators that would be involved with the New Museum, we got very excited," said Fabienne Stephan, director of Salon 94 Freemans. "We're here because of the New Museum. " Stephan's gallery at 1 Freeman Alley is in an unexpected place, on a dead end off Rivington Street around the corner from the Bowery, famous in film and real life as Skid Row. I wasn't sure what to make of it. There were icicles of candy wrappers reborn as light fixtures, beautiful orbs of Murano glass, and polished surfboards on the walls.

NEW YORK -- At first glance, the Pearl River Mart in SoHo might seem like a tourist trap. But step inside. You can easily spend hours lost among the odd, practical, and kitschy items sold at this colorful Asian-themed department store. Recently expanded to three floors, Pearl River added another 10,000 square feet of every imaginable imported household item and accessory, from bamboo steamers, sushi bowls, and rice-paper lanterns to imported silk pajamas and kimono-style robes.

The Night Birds By Thomas Maltman Soho , 370 pp., $24 In the Minnesota territory, in the summer of 1862, Dakota Sioux led by Little Crow went to war on the white settlers of the region -- responding to a painfully familiar pattern of corrupt and unjust treatment by the United States and its representatives (legitimate or otherwise), broken treaties, broken promises, and persistent encroachment on their lands. Little Crow's warriors struck the Lower Sioux Agency hard, destroyed nearly 40 US soldiers in an ambush, destroyed...

The girls slumped in wheelchairs look barely conscious, their blond heads lolling above the plastic vomit bags tied like bibs around their necks. It's an hour to midnight on Friday, and the two girls, who look no older than 18, are being wheeled from an ambulance to a clinic set up discreetly in a dark alley in London's Soho entertainment district. They're the first of many to be picked up on this night by the ambulance, known as a "booze bus," and carried to the clinic — both government services dedicated to keeping drunk people out of trouble, and out of emergency rooms.

In his new novel, “By Nightfall,” Michael Cunningham zeroes in on the knowable and then the stubborn mysteries between spouses. And, as his fans can imagine, he does so with intense scrutiny and psychological wisdom. For every line of dialogue between New York married couple Peter and Rebecca Harris, he offers paragraphs of electric subtext, of relevant back story, of jumbled emotions. It’s the Virginia Woolf approach to the great size of the moment, to the history we carry into every encounter, that he evoked and celebrated so brilliantly in his Pulitzer Prize-winning “The Hours.” And...

NEW YORK - Fritz Lohman, who championed gay and lesbian artists and waged a battle to rezone what today is the city’s artsy SoHo district, has died. Mr. Lohman died Dec. 31, said Charles Leslie, his partner of 48 years. The cause of death was cardiac arrest. He was 87. In 1990, the two men established the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, a nonprofit art gallery on Wooster Street “to provide an outlet for artwork that is unambiguously gay,’’ according to its website.

NEW YORK -- They are the neighborhoods Jane Jacobs saved: Greenwich Village, Washington Square, Little Italy, and SoHo. And they are, not coincidentally, some of the most valuable urban real estate parcels anywhere, and some of the places most cherished by New Yorkers and visitors alike for their cozy charm and architectural splendor. Nearly a half century ago, New York’s master builder, Robert Moses - the man who built Jones Beach, Shea Stadium, the Triborough Bridge, and the Central Park Zoo, to name just a few of his grand public works - was ready to transform the...

"When we heard about the teams of curators that would be involved with the New Museum, we got very excited," said Fabienne Stephan, director of Salon 94 Freemans. "We're here because of the New Museum. " Stephan's gallery at 1 Freeman Alley is in an unexpected place, on a dead end off Rivington Street around the corner from the Bowery, famous in film and real life as Skid Row. I wasn't sure what to make of it. There were icicles of candy wrappers reborn as light fixtures, beautiful orbs of Murano glass, and polished surfboards on the...

The Night Birds By Thomas Maltman Soho , 370 pp., $24 In the Minnesota territory, in the summer of 1862, Dakota Sioux led by Little Crow went to war on the white settlers of the region -- responding to a painfully familiar pattern of corrupt and unjust treatment by the United States and its representatives (legitimate or otherwise), broken treaties, broken promises, and persistent encroachment on their lands. Little Crow's warriors struck the Lower Sioux Agency hard, destroyed nearly 40 US soldiers in an ambush, destroyed the...

NEW YORK -- At first glance, the Pearl River Mart in SoHo might seem like a tourist trap. But step inside. You can easily spend hours lost among the odd, practical, and kitschy items sold at this colorful Asian-themed department store. Recently expanded to three floors, Pearl River added another 10,000 square feet of every imaginable imported household item and accessory, from bamboo steamers, sushi bowls, and rice-paper lanterns to imported silk pajamas and kimono-style robes.

First there was SoHo, then SoBe. The contractions continue with SoWa, as in South of Washington Street. It's the newest gallery district in Boston, over a gritty 2-by-15-block stretch of rundown and converted factories. Six years ago, those streets were nearly deserted. Now, the neighborhood, wedged in between the South End and the elevated Interstate 93, is becoming a popular destination for contemporary art, with more than 20 galleries. The biggest crowds come on the first Friday of every month from 5 to 9 p.m. These First Friday events began a few years ago, but their reputation has just started...

Restoration Hardware, the high-end home furnishings seller that left the Back Bay during the recession, has unveiled plans to open in the old LouisBoston space near its former location on Boylston Street. The return of Restoration Hardware will fill one of the most prominent vacancies in Boston's Back Bay and marks the latest in a flurry of new merchants in the neighborhood. "When they decided to move away in 2008, the market was cratering, said Madison Riley, a retail analyst with Kurt Salmon in Boston.

First there was SoHo, then SoBe. The contractions continue with SoWa, as in South of Washington Street. It's the newest gallery district in Boston, over a gritty 2-by-15-block stretch of rundown and converted factories. Six years ago, those streets were nearly deserted. Now, the neighborhood, wedged in between the South End and the elevated Interstate 93, is becoming a popular destination for contemporary art, with more than 20 galleries. The biggest crowds come on the first Friday of every month from 5 to 9 p.m. These First Friday events began a few years ago, but their reputation has just started...

NEW YORK -- The streets of West Chelsea are unforgiving. On a hot day, the sun steams the treeless pavements, making a three-block walk feel like 10. In winter, winds whip unimpeded from the nearby Hudson River, rubbing cheeks ruby and raw. There's no close subway station, and amenities such as restaurants are few. Yet this unadorned, industrial neighborhood has undergone a renaissance in the last 15 years, one you might not notice on first glance....