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October 16, 2004
LoHo
LoHo.
Yes, it's another "SoHo" knockoff real estate invention.
No, it has nothing to do with whores. "LoHo" and "NoLiTa" do sound a bit scandalous, though.
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FORWARD : FastForward
... "This neighborhood's now called LoHo," said the owner of the Forward Building, Debbie Lau, referring to a pun on the upscale New York neighborhood of SoHo. ...
http://www.forward.com/issues/2001/01.03.16/fast1.html - 9k - Cached - Similar pages
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Neighborhoods Rebranded
... It's like, can you not spell SoHo?". ... Kitchen; "Carroll Gardens West," really Red Hook; "Harnegie Hill," where Carnegie Hill meets Harlem; "LoHo," the Lower East ...
newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/realestate/features/4762/ - 38k - Cached - Similar pages
Benzilio claims she's christened the area above the Battery Tunnel -- an "eclectic area for artists" -- NoBatt. Meanwhile, southern Harlem became "SoHa" and the photo district in Flatiron developed into "Phoho." Then there's "NoChel," north Chelsea; "UpWeChee," a.k.a. southern Hell's Kitchen; "Carroll Gardens West," really Red Hook; "Harnegie Hill," where Carnegie Hill meets Harlem; "LoHo," the Lower East Side; and - ready? - "NoFlatEeChee," north of Flatiron and east of Chelsea. "They're dividing neighborhoods into little squares as they become more and more developed," says Horowitz.
6 January 2000, New York Times, pg. F1:
Pushed south and east by rising "uptown" prices in the East Village and SoHo, and pulled by the magnet of a thriving bar and boutique scene, young professionals are looking to LoHo, as real estate agents have re-named the stretch of the Lower East Side between East Houston and Canal Streets and Forsyth and Clinton Streets. It is fashion's new frontier.
Yes, it's another "SoHo" knockoff real estate invention.
No, it has nothing to do with whores. "LoHo" and "NoLiTa" do sound a bit scandalous, though.
(Google)
FORWARD : FastForward
... "This neighborhood's now called LoHo," said the owner of the Forward Building, Debbie Lau, referring to a pun on the upscale New York neighborhood of SoHo. ...
http://www.forward.com/issues/2001/01.03.16/fast1.html - 9k - Cached - Similar pages
(Google)
Neighborhoods Rebranded
... It's like, can you not spell SoHo?". ... Kitchen; "Carroll Gardens West," really Red Hook; "Harnegie Hill," where Carnegie Hill meets Harlem; "LoHo," the Lower East ...
newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/realestate/features/4762/ - 38k - Cached - Similar pages
Benzilio claims she's christened the area above the Battery Tunnel -- an "eclectic area for artists" -- NoBatt. Meanwhile, southern Harlem became "SoHa" and the photo district in Flatiron developed into "Phoho." Then there's "NoChel," north Chelsea; "UpWeChee," a.k.a. southern Hell's Kitchen; "Carroll Gardens West," really Red Hook; "Harnegie Hill," where Carnegie Hill meets Harlem; "LoHo," the Lower East Side; and - ready? - "NoFlatEeChee," north of Flatiron and east of Chelsea. "They're dividing neighborhoods into little squares as they become more and more developed," says Horowitz.
6 January 2000, New York Times, pg. F1:
Pushed south and east by rising "uptown" prices in the East Village and SoHo, and pulled by the magnet of a thriving bar and boutique scene, young professionals are looking to LoHo, as real estate agents have re-named the stretch of the Lower East Side between East Houston and Canal Streets and Forsyth and Clinton Streets. It is fashion's new frontier.