A collection of interviews and conversations about SoHo from various sources. Included here are stories from Yukie Ohta, Thornton Willis, Carol Goodden, Betty Cunningham, Ken Hiratsuka, Stephen Saban, Peter Occhiogrosso, Ingrid Cussen, and Rene Moncada.
YUKIE OHTA
Jane Jacobs Forum: Sensing the City SoHo Memory Project Founder Yukie Ohta speaks at the Municipal Arts Society’s MAS Summit for New York City at the TimesCenter in 2015.
THORNTON WILLIS
In the Studio: Thornton Willis SoHo artist Thornton Willis speaks about his work in this American Abstract Artists film.
CAROL GOODDEN
Carol Goodden speaks to Sascha Mombartz about opening the restaurant Food (2016):
BETTY CUNINGHAM
Betty Cuningham speaks to Aaron Shkuda about founding the Betty Cuningham Gallery:
KEN HIRATSUKA
Ken Hiratsuka speaks to Sascha Mombartz about secretly carving designs into a SoHo sidewalk (2016):
STEPHEN SABAN AND PETER OCCHIOGROSSO
Former Soho News Music Editor Peter Occhiogrosso and Raconteur Stephen Saban converse about the Soho Weekly News and the New York City of the 1970s and 1980s. In Memory of Stephen Saban 1945-2018. Filmed by Allan Tannenbaum. (2018)
INGRID CUSSON
Ingrid Cusson speaks to Yukie Ohta about living on the Bowery (2010)
Ingrid Cusson speaks to Yukie Ohta about working at Food Restaurant in the 1970s (2010)
Ingrid Cusson speaks to Yukie Ohta about moving to SoHo in the 1970s (2010)
RENE MONCADA
Rene Moncada discusses his “I AM THE BEST ARTIST” mural series.