Mythical Beasts

The unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone. She was very old, though she did not know it, and she was no longer the careless color of sea foam, but rather the color of snow falling on a moonlit night. But her eyes were still clear and unwearied, and she still moved like a shadow on the sea. -Peter S. Beagle The Last Unicorn (1968)

As you walk through the streets of SoHo, look upward! You’ll see plants with long, green tendrils hanging from the windows of hundred-year-old buildings. The greenery is a sign that says “loft dweller,” a hardy, individualistic breed...In SoHo, there is an active, ambitious, and progressive world of performing arts. Although many of the performers appearing here may not be known to the general public, they are major figures in their respective fields and widely known in avant garde circles. -Alana Siegfried and Helene Zucker Seeman, SoHo (1978)