But the shop in SoHo is just one part of a global plan.

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Sure, there are plenty of startups within a short hop of F stops in DUMBO and the Flat Iron districts, but there are even more in F-free Soho and Union Square.

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Service is slow at Mama Racha in Palermo Soho, but with its views of the bustling adjacent plaza, sitting outside with a mate can be a pleasant way to spend the afternoon.

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There were a few commercial manufacture tenants above and below, but businesses like these were on the way out in SoHo, and as they left, artists like Judd were able to move in.

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All but a few stores in the usually busy section from Canal Street to Soho were closed.

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But Miranda Santiago, a 31-year-old veterinarian who has lived in SoHo for two years, disagrees.

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But it may have reached its peak with the opening of Mezzo's in Soho in September 1995.

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