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y.ohta
Tue, 10/23/2018 - 10:34
When did you live in SoHo?

1972-now

Where did you live in SoHo?

Still live at 70 Grand St.
The Grand St. Artists Coop 64-66-70Grand St
and The Wooster Group 31 Wooster

What was your occupation when you lived in SoHo?

I am a painter as was my late husband Alan Kleiman

who passed away in Dec. 2016.

What do you miss most about SoHo in the 1970s?

The spirit of early Soho-there were only a few of us then-and most of us knew each other.
We could let our dog Commando out without a leash
in the evening when all the trucks were gone.

What do you miss least about SoHo in the 1970s?

There were few stores here then-and the closest was Grand Union. So it was a trek even if all you needed was a quart of milk and bread.

If you no longer live in SoHo, why did you leave?

So many memories-we used to have home grown street parades,the stuff that was thrown out in the street and we'd collect treasures. Probably the camaraderie of neighbors helping each other is what I really miss.

What is your most vivid SoHo memory?

Having shows in early galleries-Hansen Gallery on Wooster St. and Frank Marino Gallery on Broome St.
where Gourmet Garage is now.

Is there anything else you would like to add to your profile?

Early Soho had few kids- our daughter Andrea Kleiman went to school in the Village and had only a few friends her age in Soho.

We've seen Soho change so much from an artist and manufacturing community to an upscale area of NYC.