[Ads-l] WeHo

[Nancy Friedman]

In San Francisco there are neighborhood abbreviations as in NYC: SoMa
(south of Market Street) and FiDi (Financial District).

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On Tue, Jun 27, 2023, 5:58 AM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:

> > 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/
> >>
> >> Nancy Friedman
> >> Chief Wordworker
> >> https://wordworking.com
> >> https://nancyfriedman.typepad.com
> >>
> >> tel 510 652-4159
> >> cel 510 304-3953
> >> twitter/mastodon/Instagram Fritinancy
> >>
> >> 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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