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[[紐約市政府]]擔心不符建築使用規範的空間佔用，嘗試阻止藝術家人數持續增長，以保留製造業重返紐約市的機會。但在“藝術家租戶協會”和“蘇荷區藝術家協會”的抗爭下，<ref> "Zoning Resolutions: The Soho Artists and the Making of Urban Policy, 1961-1971 (2017)"</ref>市政府放棄原有的工業空間限制，於 1971 年修訂分區決議，允許藝術家工作區結合居住功能。另獲得文化事務部的認證，建立M1-5a 和 M-5b 分區，允許[[視覺藝術家]]住在他們工作的地方。1973 年該地區受指定為 蘇荷—[[鑄鐵歷史街區]]。<ref name=commission>New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Dolkart, Andrew S.; Postal, Matthew A. (2009). Postal, Matthew A. (ed.). Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 39–41. ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1.</ref>
蘇荷鑄鐵歷史區（SoHo–Cast Iron Historic District）是蘇荷區內的小區，原本西至西百老匯（West Broadway）的東端，東至克羅斯比街（Crosby Street）的西端<ref name="The New York Times 2016">{{cite web | title=A Co-Working Space in SoHo, 15 Years in the Making | website=The New York Times | date=2016-09-19 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/20/nyregion/a-co-working-space-in-soho-15-years-in-the-making.html | access-date=2021-03-19}}</ref><ref name="Real Estate Weekly 2021">{{cite web | title=Italian fashion brand gets a bargain on Soho retail space | website=Real Estate Weekly | date=2021-03-18 | url=https://rew-online.com/italian-fashion-brand-gets-a-bargain-on-soho-retail-space/ | access-date=2021-03-19}}</ref>，於2010年擴展至幅蓋大部分的西百老匯，東面亦包含拉斐特和中心街<ref>[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] [http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/maps/sohodextmap.pdf "SoHo–Cast Iron Historic District Extension Map"] {{Wayback|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/maps/sohodextmap.pdf |date=20170215164919 }}</ref><ref>Designation Report, p.1</ref>。現佔地{{convert|73|acres}}，由26個[[街區]]和大約500座建築物組成<ref name="nrhpinv">{{Cite web|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: SoHo–Cast Iron Historic District|url={{NHLS url|id=78001883}} |format=pdf|author1=Karen Graham Wade |author2=Marjorie Pearson |author3=James T. Dillon |date=n.d.|publisher=National Park Service|display-authors=etal}} and {{NHLS url|id=78001883|title=''Accompanying photos, various dates''|photos=y}} {{small|(6.49 MB)}}</ref>，當中很多仍然保留著鑄鐵建築的風格，而區內的行人路則以比利時石塊所鋪設<ref name=koppel>Koppel, Niko. "Restoring New York Streets to Their Bumpier Pasts" The New York Times (July 18, 2010)</ref> 。
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