referring to something by where it is located

[Dan Goncharoff]

Considering how NYC has shifted it's focus to Brooklyn, how long
before Williamsburgh (or Billyburg) and Park Slope become neometonyms?

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On Nov 19, 2012, at 9:33 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 8:30 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
>> There is also "Grub Street", earlier and lower than Fleet Street.
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> "Calle ocho" / "Eighth Street" -- Cuban Miami
> "Cannery Row" -- the canneries are defunct, but the repurposed 'hood,
> its main street, officially so named, is still there.
> "Broadway"
> "Wall Street"
> "Fifth Avenue"
> "Park Avenue"
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