[Ads-l] WeHo

[Laurence Horn]

> On Jun 27, 2023, at 8:51 AM, Mark Mandel <markamandel at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> And, I presume, SoHo? But EHo doesn't sound nearly so neat... if those
> exist at all.
> 
> Mark Mandel

I’ve always assumed that New York’s SoHo (= ’South of Houston St.’) was named as a kind of tribute to/pun on London’s renowned funky neighborhood, Soho (not an acronymic clipping), and that NoHo and the others in the pattern were named after SoHo, whence also TriBeCa, DUMBO, and all the others.  The L.A. ones definitely came after the NYC ones. 

It’s a useful naming pattern, although somewhat tainted by Gestapo, Comintern, and their ilk. 

LH
> 
> On Mon, Jun 26, 2023, 8:54 PM Nancy Friedman <wordworking at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> It's been WeHo for quite a few years. The city’s website is weho.org.
>> 
>> And North Hollywood is NoHo.
>> 
>> https://www.rentcafe.com/blog/apartment-search-2/neighborhood-guides/living-in-north-hollywood-a-walkable-neighborhood-full-of-l-a-charm/
>> 
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>> On Mon, Jun 26, 2023, 3:56 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> 'West Hollywood'
>>> 
>>> <goog_1876204918>
>>> 
>> https://www.yahoo.com/news/washington-dems-silent-nude-pride-171113493.html
>>> :
>>> 
>>> West Hollywood had a three-day "WeHo Pride" event last weekend featuring
>>> concerts, a street fair, a "Women’s Freedom Festival," and a "dyke
>> march."
>>> 
>>> JL
>>> --
>>> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the
>> truth."
>> 
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