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| | Historic NoHo NY |
 | | The NoHo Historic District, whose name derives from “NOrth of HOuston Street,” extends from north of Houston St. to East 9th St., and east from Broadway and Mercer St. to Lafayette St. and the west side of Cooper Square. |
 | | The area of NoHo Historic District was once farmland belonging to many of New York’s prominent early families, including the Bayards, Herrings, Bleeckers, Peros, and Randalls. |
 | | The NoHo Historic District, which is comprised of approximately 125 buildings, represents the period of New York City’s commercial history from the early 1850s to the 1910s, when this section prospered as one of its major retail and wholesale dry goods centers. |
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