Little Syria


Harper's Weekly Aug. 10, 1895
"'When one leaves the hurry and roar of lower Broadway and walks southward through narrow Washington-st., the average New-Yorker of Caucasian descent might easily believe he was in the Orient. A block to the east roar the trains of the elevated. A little further eastward are the rushing throngs of Broadway. In the midst of all this tumult and confusion is situated the quiet village of Ahl-esh-Shemal.' And so, in 1903, the New-York Tribune endeavors to take its readers into Little Syria. ..."
The Paris Review
W - Little Syria, Manhattan
Saudi Aramco World : Little Syria, NY
Little Syria, NY: The Life & Legacy of an Immigrant Community
Helene Wecker
NYT - A Brief Encore for Little Syria: Sights, Sounds and Even Smells
NPR: Trying To Preserve What's Left Of Manhattan's Little Syria (Video)
BBC: Preserving New York City's 'Little Syria' (Video)
YouTube: Little Syria @ Washington Street, Manhattan, New York City

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