LA ULTIMA BODEGA EN SOHO

‘La Ultima Bodega En Soho’ is the story of the last infamous years of the Paradise Deli(better known as, Wavies) in Soho, NYC, told through the lens of regular and ringleader, Neal Santos. Shot on his iPhone, Santos’ intimate images capture an authentic insiders view of the chaos and camaraderie at the Paradise Deli before the doors were closed. The forward, written by the legendary Ari Forman, sets the stage for this downtown New York City tale of rich neighborhood history, blood-thirsty gentrification and a community that formed before jaws of real estate devoured it. Wavies was a cultural crossroad where diverse locals and non-locals congregated as friends and strangers. This book is a memorial to an era of downtown New York gone. But never forgotten.