In 1974, shortly after SoHo first came into existence, "The New York Times" described the boundaries as "stretching from Houston to Canal Streets between West Broadway and Lafayette Street" – a definition it continued to hold to in 2016 – but "The Encyclopedia of New York City" reports that SoHo is bounded by Crosby Street on the east, and Sixth Avenue to the west. These are the same boundaries shown by Google Maps. However, the "AIA Guide to New York City" gives the western boundary of SoHo north of Broome Street as being West Broadway, and "New York" magazine gives the eastern boundary as Lafayette Street and the western boundary as the Hudson River.