Visiting New York? A Local's Guide to SoHo with Rajiv Surendra (Shopping, Eating, Sightseeing)

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Join Rajiv on an insider tour of SoHo, his favorite spots to shop, eat and soak up the atmosphere!
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★ TABLE OF CONTENTS ★
• 0:00 | Introduction to the Episode
• 0:18 | Living in New York City
• 0:33 | Sharing Favorite Spots in Soho
• 0:53 | Gas Alley Coffee Shop
• 1:56 | Soho Origins
• 2:21 | Santa Maria Novella Pharmacy
• 3:32 | Busiest Corner in Soho: Lafayette and Prince Street
• 4:44 | St. Patrick's Basilica
• 6:30 | Prince Street Pizza
• 8:40 | Art Supply Store on Broadway
• 9:22 | Historic Flooring in Soho
• 10:01 | Goods for the Study: Stationery and Pen Store
• 11:01 | McNally Jackson Bookstore
• 11:36 | Reflecting on Soho's History
• 12:51 | Conclusion and Goodbye
💡 TOPICS IN THIS VIDEO 💡
• Introduction to Soho New York City Tour
•Living in New York City
•Exploring Soho Neighborhood
•Best Coffee Shops in Soho: Gas Alley
•Favorite Spots in Soho for Locals
•Architectural Highlights in Soho
•Historical Origins of Soho
•Santa Maria Novella Pharmacy History
•Top Gift Shops in Soho: Santa Maria Novella
•Iconic Corners in Soho: Lafayette and Prince Street
•Cycling Through Soho: Best Routes
•Hidden Gems in Soho: Side Streets
•Historic Churches in Soho: St. Patrick's Basilica
•Best Pizza in Soho: Prince Street Pizza
•Secret Eating Spots in Soho
•Affordable Eats in Soho
•Quiet Spots in Busy Soho
•Art Supplies Stores in Soho: Dick Blick
•Historic Buildings in Soho
•Unique Flooring in Soho
•Exploring Soho on Foot
•Calligraphy Work in Soho: Finding Opportunities
•Best Stationery Stores in Soho: Goods for the Study
•Unique Pen Stores in Soho
•Refilling Ink Cartridges in Soho
•Top Bookstores in Soho: McNally Jackson
•New and Classic Books in Soho
•Reflecting on Soho's Historical Streets
•Chiseled Granite and Cobblestones in Soho
•Literary Inspiration in Soho: Yates' Poems
•A Poet's Walk Through Soho
•A Local's Guide to Hidden Soho
•Off the Beaten Path Spots in Soho
•Must-Visit Places in Soho for Tourists
•Conclusion of Soho Tour: Rajiv Surendra's Recommendations
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@desiriemendez Ай бұрын

You should do this for every neighborhood in NYC - I’d gladly watch. I love hearing all your stories, Rajiv. ❤

@rajivsurendra Ай бұрын

Thank you ;-)

@Yourhighnessnona Ай бұрын

@@rajivsurendra I would watch, too! I think many of us can agree this series would be fantastic!

@yanikjayaram Ай бұрын

Plus one ☝️

@paulashivers8644 Ай бұрын

Me, too.

@meercatt Ай бұрын

Same❤

@coconut922 Ай бұрын

LOL Rajiv dancing in the pizza shop was perfection. I love his personality. How amazing would it be to hang out for a day in NYC with Rajiv !!

@evavillarreal9753 Ай бұрын

Great idea!!!

@zeal1438 Ай бұрын

Count me in 😄

@girlathebeach Ай бұрын

@@zeal1438 count me in for that too!

@letitrejo9332 Ай бұрын

A dream come true 😊

@joycemansfield1108 Ай бұрын

I saw that too he's experiencing real joy in his life .

@JacquelineValled Ай бұрын

Most people look but never see. You see and therefore make us see. Bravo Rajiv. Keep seeing 🎉

@andwegogentle Ай бұрын

When I grow up I want to be able to eat something covered in tomato sauce and sit on a sidewalk in the rain while wearing all white and still get up looking clean and fabulous. Love your videos! I too dance in pizza shops. Signed, native NY'er

@fionasimagination Ай бұрын

I used to think everyone experienced the world like this. That's why I used to be very confused at people's very different reaction to other people and their surroundings. Now I know it is a gift not many people share and I am grateful for it all the time and a lot more forgiving towards people that do not have it.

@kaioiamo1503 Ай бұрын

You’re either unserious or outrageously pretentious.

@fionasimagination Ай бұрын

@kaioiamo1503 I'm serious. I have met so many people that can't see the beauty around them. Literally they are surprised when you point it out and I often get asked where I get my motivation and joy in life from. I am severely disabled and have been bedridden for 11 years in my tiny one bedroom apartment. I only have one relative my mother who is dying of Alzheimer and most days I can barely even sit up in bed due too intense pain and weakness. Yet I am more hopeful , happier and a lot more grateful for my life than most people I have met. And that is not something I observed, but something they told me. I don't think this is something I achieved but something I have been given. I am a very lucky person in that sense and am grateful every day to be able to see and appreciate the beauty in everything.

@sandypanda3872 Ай бұрын

People ask me if I'm high..I'm not. I just see everything n take in the smells of food n enjoy things deeply. Lol happy to be me✌

@celinefederici6951 Ай бұрын

Hi Rajiv..I am native New Yorker who retired to Cape Cod in 2007. My friends opened the Cupping Room Cafe , first restaurant in Soho in 1977. We all thought they were crazy because the streets were deserted save for the artists who found lofts to live in. At that time, I was studying sumi -e- in Sohowith a Japanese artist called Koho. No one was around so I was a little nervous about walking the streets from the subway at night. We met in a small room & she served us jasmine tea form her teapot. I remember she had a dying bamboo plant. She called her studio...Koho of Soho. I also drew the model in a basement on Greene St. No bell...you needed a code to open the door for entry. There must have been 40 of us crammed into the dark, basement w a light only on the model. The owner charged 25 cents terrible coffee in a chipped cup. Soho was a special place before gentrification. I lived in a one bedroom rent controlled apt near Grammercy Park...rent $60 a month. I received my BA and MS at Hunter College for free. Those were the good old days in NYC till the early 90's. Pearl Paint on Canal St. had 5 floors of art supplies. Perhaps it was gone by the time you moved to the city. Best that you give tours for NYC is a different city now. Kudos to you for still finding gems.

@deshume Ай бұрын

What a beautiful memory💙

@SourianteOrange Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing!❤

@rajivsurendra Ай бұрын

Wow, thank you for sharing that. It sounds like a completely different world! I was lucky enough to know Pearl Paint. It closed a couple of years after I moved here, but I'd go there for art supplies when it was still open. I have a huge canvas I did a landscape painting on, and it came from Pearl!

@Veroave3 Ай бұрын

I remember the cupping room and loved it however it wasn’t the First restaurant in SoHo. It was the first unique coffee cafe. goodness we had the Spring Street, Feneli’s, Broome Street Bar, and the most wonderful place FOOD restaurant, SoHo Charcuterie, DeLuca’s cheese shop before he crossed the street to be Dean & DeLuca. I lived on Elizabeth St in 1975-83. New York was crumbling and SoHo was the most exciting place to be and the most beautiful architecture to witness daily. One just had to look down then to the tops of these cast iron buildings such wonder. No Tourists.

@joycemansfield1108 Ай бұрын

Rajiv you are beautiful and as a hairdresser for 40 yrs I've looked deeply into faces you are beautiful inside and out.

@marionandrews176 Ай бұрын

Did you know there are catacombs under St. Patrick’s Basilica which you can tour? It’s pretty interesting. I also love the little side streets in lower Manhattan. I sometimes find myself alone on a little side street and it’s amazing considering I’m in a city with 8 million people. Thank you for highlighting a little spot of our amazing city.

@Homesablessing Ай бұрын

I wish there were more people like you in the world, It would be a better place! Enjoyed! TYFS!

@sydneyfoodieblog Ай бұрын

Ah Rajiv, you brought tears to my eyes with that poem. Watching from Australia in the wee hours of the morning while the house is asleep. Drinking tea. Imagining my dreams unfurling softly.

@LisaSonora Ай бұрын

pens. art supplies. books. ducking under an awning during the rain. sidewalk pizza. coffee. you are my people, Rajiv!

@henriquea.h.7449 Ай бұрын

Lucky, lucky is the man who's got the keys to Rajiv's heart. Nothing short of blissful must be an afternoon spent in his company, at any of these lovely places.

@gothamgalleria Ай бұрын

LIKE FOR RAJIV TO INTRO MORE NEIGHBORHOODS

@boysullen3632 Ай бұрын

I understand how one can forget that one lives in NYC… I am guilty…thank you for this reminder of all the gems that await…

@micahsnow346 Ай бұрын

Omg I LOVE Goods for the Study! I’m going to think of Rajiv every time I go there now. It’s a great place to get not just stationery, but also they have tons of beautiful greeting cards for every occasion. If I have a birthday to go to, I’m going to stop there. Rajiv, I would love to see you give more tours of different NYC neighborhoods. In particular there are so many gorgeous places in Brooklyn (Greenpoint, Carroll Gardens, Park Slope) and also I really feel like Harlem deserves your attention.

@kathymilicicreative8724 Ай бұрын

Rajiv, you are such a gem! Thank you for sharing the love with us! ❤

@angela86753 Ай бұрын

This video is your love letter to NYC

@JLgG2454 Ай бұрын

Such a Noble soul!!! - Each time, particularly when one gets older, one has to thank destiny, for making us cross the path, of younger generations made of that rare 'cloth' Rajiv is made of; this is that beacon of enlightenment that should reassure us about the future of the world.

@rabiaqaseem6519 Ай бұрын

Wish I had seen this before visiting NYC! It’s hard to appreciate the little details in this very dense city esp. if you visit from a small mountain town. Love it! Keep spreading the love

@kapihannibeshie9634 Ай бұрын

I hope those small businesses stay a float .Let us support them as much as we can and avoid buying online if we can.

@gabydiehl8314 Ай бұрын

Good point. Thanks for reminding us!

@kapihannibeshie9634 Ай бұрын

@@gabydiehl8314 You're welcome !

@FRANCISCARUSOworld Ай бұрын

More guides like this, please!

@guywolff Ай бұрын

Yes please Rajiv :)

@debrap947 Ай бұрын

I am not a city person...but I love historical architecture and all the places you shared would be where I would love to explore! Your tour of SoHo makes it very tempting to visit though, well done Rajiv, thank you.

@adelamoon Ай бұрын

I think I know where I'm heading (and NO its not to stalk you at the coffee shop)....Santa Maria Novella Pharmacy....soaps. I love soap. The scents also. Rose scented perfumes!!!! I always look forward to Saturdays.

@disney.daze.55 Ай бұрын

Right? This place looks wonderful

@jeannerolig6042 Ай бұрын

I love your tour of SoHo! You help us all see some of the many secrets New Your City contains! Thank you!

@crystalassam433 Ай бұрын

I love how intentional you are about everything.

@rajivsurendra Ай бұрын

There is no other way I want to live. Thank you for watching.

@qamarqammar7629 Ай бұрын

Thank you. Those of us who are old-time residents sometimes lament how things have changed. So it heartens me to see young people like you still moving here, visiting here, and showing the great places that are here right now.

@disney.daze.55 Ай бұрын

This is wonderful! I’ve been to NYC several times and I try to go someplace new each time. I haven’t been to SoHo (not that I recall anyway). I love bookstores and I collect fountain pens. I love the quiet alleyways and the seemingly random hidden gems. You e totally sold me on SoHo

@pt8421 Ай бұрын

I used to go to school in the city but it’s been a lifetime ago. Your tour bring such fond memories, Rajiv! I just love the architectures of the city. It’s imbued with history and stories! ❤

@nlbhaduri Ай бұрын

Rajiv I love your rendition of Round n round the Mulberry tree! Thanks for this secret guide to Soho…you highlighted all the things I enjoy from Blick’s to pizza!

@rajivsurendra Ай бұрын

That is my rendition in the style of Beyoncé. I really want her to make an album of classic kids songs.

@judgeworks3687 Ай бұрын

One time my friends and I were walking down the small street that leads to the side of the church (also had tombstones) & saw a few small sheep bleating about inside that small churchyard! It was such a magical moment.

@mysteriousu5528 Ай бұрын

You are an amazing tour guide. People and tourists can get lost and not appreciate NYC if they don't know the history and the little details behind it. Hey, that's not the traditional way Italians eat the pizza😉. You do double fold as the cheese is not hard but melting and that holds it in place. Man, You should have made a longer video. Thank you dear and have a beautiful weekend.

@sandrabrown6326 Ай бұрын

Always wanted you to do a tour like this. I hope you do more. Please take us along sometime when you go thrift store shopping. Your videos are always so interesting to me.

@CaptainKirk637 Ай бұрын

I love me some Rajiv!! Great videos, great personality, and great teacher/motivator!! Thanks for the tour of SOHO! Take care!!

@johannechampagne7332 Ай бұрын

I love the city so much. From 2009 to the pandemic we visited 9-10 times a year. I couldn’t get enough of it. Miss it so much.

@user-wi4yg1es3b Ай бұрын

I'm a born and bred New Yorker, and I haven't heard of the places you went to. I was very happy you were the guide!❤❤❤❤❤. It goes to show there are many unexplored places in NYC even if you are a New Yorker 😊

@xdoommoonx Ай бұрын

Oh nostalgia! I remember NY Central and Pearl Paint. I wish those were still around. RIP NY Central, the best paper selection ever.

@qamarqammar7629 Ай бұрын

NY Central's paper selection was wonderful. I bought out some of their stock before they closed, particularly from a few of their paper makers who sold only through them. There was one man who made paper in India whose paper was so beautiful and responsive. I bought everything I could that he made.

@mynameismargy Ай бұрын

This was perfect!! Brought me back to my time living there ❤❤ similarly wandering off the beaten path and finding the quiet spots. Thank you Rajiv! I hope you upload more tours of NYC! It was like watching you in a Nora Ephron film ❤❤❤

@myrradine Ай бұрын

My sentiments exactly!

@eileenlorson Ай бұрын

Loved the tour and only Rajiv can eat a slice of greasy pizza in a white outfit and stay clean!!! 💜

@FluffyFace-mj3ro Ай бұрын

Love, love, love this tour!!!

@maypenja2819 Ай бұрын

This was a trip down memory lane for me. I used to live on the Lower Eastside until 1991, when I moved to Seattle. Thanks.

@LauraKaySoprano Ай бұрын

Love this video!! I’m here all the time for work and never knew about many of these! I’ll be checking them out!

@M0odyBlue Ай бұрын

I want to visit YOUR New York. You are such a powerful light in the world. I savor your videos.My heart does a little jump when I see you have a new gem for us. So glad you are in the world!

@ConnieHeartsValentino 19 күн бұрын

I absolutely love the old architecture of New York and always wonder what it was like to live there 100 years ago!

@susanallen9849 24 күн бұрын

Rajiv, you are an absolute gem of a human. You literally ooze life from every pore. I find your channel so uplifting and fun and look forward to watching you share your world with us. 💎

@marthavillegas6250 Ай бұрын

Thank you for the tour! 💕

@claudiamann7111 Ай бұрын

Great tour!! Thank you so much for sharing a piece of New York with us. Love all the various stores. Please do more of these.

@mdm1210 Ай бұрын

Such a fun video Rajiv... love your eccentricity and sense of fun and wonder 😊

@isiwanda Ай бұрын

Hello from Spain! I have loved this tour.

@claudtalkz2194 Ай бұрын

Lived in NY for decades. Took my cousin visiting from LA for me to discover Prince Street Pizza ❤😂

@tabathaogost4982 Ай бұрын

This is the type of city tour videos I want! Thank you, this was a great slice of SoHo.

@MariaSchlenoff Ай бұрын

I love your videos, so natural, so real, I really enjoy it!

@katek1017 Ай бұрын

A visit to NYC is on my bucket list. You have added to an already full dream tour. Thank you.

@sue8237 Ай бұрын

Rajiv, this was wonderful and makes me hope to see it one day. I think of the multitudes of people who walk on those sidewalks, pass those buildings and shops every day and fail to see the beauty that lies within. But then again, it is the job of artists to make others see the beauty and what they might have otherwise missed in those seemingly common things. You are my kind of person! Thanks for this lovely tour.

@RachelTension392 Ай бұрын

That street Rajiv is on also has the best churro place…Churreria

@danielintheantipodes6741 Ай бұрын

That pizza! Thank you for the video

@Burn143 Ай бұрын

I’ve been to New York so many times, but never SoHo. I’ve always wanted to visit, it looks so fascinating and beautiful architecturally. Imagine seeing it in real life through your own lens. Great video Rajiv, I love your energy and appreciation for life and your surroundings. Also love the way how this video was filmed.

@alexandrakarl2487 Ай бұрын

Loved this! I took notes! You are the aesthete-par-excellence!

@2youngbon2 Ай бұрын

What a beautiful well rounded video with so many sensory experiences. Thank you for this gem! I love SoHo but have yet to experience some of your favorites. I look forward to that. Quoting Yeats poetry was just icing on the cake. Loved it!

@ch1ckmom217 26 күн бұрын

Did anyone else enjoyed Rajiv dancing in the pizza shop line, that was awesome.

@barbow Ай бұрын

Love!! A vid like this for West Village next??💗

@ramonafirehorse Ай бұрын

Thank you for this. Saving it as my best friend and I are visiting New York in November! 🙏🏼

@maia5252 Ай бұрын

Great tips of my favorite NYC neighborhood! You’re an exceptional human being. One of a kind! Thank you!

@amaliavet 29 күн бұрын

Thank you! This is an unexpected gift for my trip to New York in 1 month from now.

@susandorward2293 Ай бұрын

I love that you cherish the SMALLS in life too!

@jeevanj5998 Ай бұрын

Fascinating to see NYC from an insider who genuinely loves the places shown here. Getting outdoors is a welcome change for the channel. I hope to see more of these videos.

@GloriaLedesma-hc5ex Ай бұрын

I love your zest for life. I love your sense of humor. I love that you share your knowledge of what you read and your favorite places in New York. I have never been and possibly will most likely never experience this amazing city.. Thank you for sharing.

@borge2014 Ай бұрын

Santa Maria de la Novella!! Love it! This is a treat to watch. Thank you Rajiv!

@gregpendrey6711 Ай бұрын

Cant Stop The Feelin with Rajiv set in NYC.

@julietetlours Ай бұрын

beautiful guide Rajiv! Can't wait to visit again sometime soon!

@GamerHomegirl Ай бұрын

I would pay for this tour! I LOVE to just visit a stationary store or soap store for the senses. This was a fantastic view of a New York neighborhood. Thank you for sharing!

@tiffanycurtis4794 Ай бұрын

HE IS JUST ADORABLE NO OTHER WORDS 😊 JUST MAKES YOU HAPPY WHEN YOU WATCH HIS CHANNEL

@linaD08 Ай бұрын

Good morning Rajiv!!! Thank you for this tour of Soho!! I lived in NYC for 25 years and made it my fun to walk a lot in all neighborhoods of the city. I used to go to the Angelica movie theater on the Soho north boundary pretty much every Saturday to catch a matinee. And after the movie I walked and explored…. Such good memories!!!! Hope you have a fun week!!

@rajivsurendra Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@princssavanti Ай бұрын

My fav neighborhood and my home for 8 years! Love it

@BugsyB1979 Ай бұрын

I don't think I could be further from New York and may never get there in my lifetime. Thank you for the tour. All those spots look right up my alley, so to speak! Greetings from South Eastern Australia.

@sharonmusgrove9982 Ай бұрын

I’m currently on my 16th visit to “the city” from Oregon. I’m always in awe of the architecture and rich history that is contained tightly within the lines of two waterways ❤

@CJ-tf5yd Ай бұрын

You’re such a great teacher. Always a plethora of information. Thank you, Rajiv.

@bbyjcky1 Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this video. Your first place is literally a shop that I have had saved on my phone for years. I want to try their fragrances so bad, and it’s so exciting to know that there is an actual store in Soho. Thank you!

@ancientwisdom108 Ай бұрын

OMG... my home town... SoHo... my old stomping grounds... this is going to give me serious nostalgia.

@Rachel-xc1uk Ай бұрын

Thanks Rajiv. You provide such relief for the mind in these videos. I come here to be reminded of the hopeful things in life. Blessings, brother

@azzamarwan5476 Ай бұрын

Thank you for taking us with you for tour of Soho , we enjoyed the video ❤🎉 and know about New York 🎉🎉stay safe and happy ❤❤

@suzansim8002 Ай бұрын

Sending love Rajiv! Thanks for another great content!

@brucewu3781 Ай бұрын

Your videos are little gifts I can't wait to open. Thank you for such beautiful and inspiring content!

@jenniferl3115 Ай бұрын

Completely magical!✨Please do more just like this! Thank you for sharing this magic with us.✨

@susancrane6695 Ай бұрын

Magical!

@wendyjamie7797 Ай бұрын

Loved, loved, loved ❤ your guided tour, please do more of the NYC neighborhoods. Thank you.

@sandrapersaud3105 Ай бұрын

I was in NYC a week ago and visited Soho with my family. I was too tired from walking to really enjoy the beautiful architecture. Thank you for this video. It helped me to see what the real beauty of Soho.❤ 🇨🇦

@flavius_pisapia_sculpture Ай бұрын

Thanks for the tour! These are all the things that I liked to do and experience when I lived in London. Covent Garden had it all and more.

@julieschnorenberg5370 Ай бұрын

What a lovely poem, and all those wonderful beautiful shops! Love to visit them all! Many thanks!

@rajivsurendra Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@debby891 Ай бұрын

Wow, I really enjoyed this! Thanks for taking us along to see through your eyes, you notice things so many don’t. Love this❤

@peggymurphy6747 Ай бұрын

Wonderful! You are so much fun to watch and these are great spots to know about for my next visit! Hope you continue to do more of this type of video, Rajiv!

@jaxstorey6734 Ай бұрын

That was such a treat, Rajiv! I was there in New York, and I visited Soho, all the way from over here in New Zealand, around about this time 19 years ago, as a matter of fact. Love Jacqueline.

@winromeo Ай бұрын

I’ve been to New York many times and love SOHO, but I’ve never been to any of these places! I look forward visiting all of them in September, and thank you Rajiv for reignite the passion for looking down, noticing the history of little details. The only thing is that it’s too short!!! I want more! 😊