Crosstown with Pat Kiernan

What's in a (neighborhood) name?


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SoHo, TriBeCa, Dumbo, NoLIta. Those are all neighborhoods around the city that any New Yorker should be able to point out on a map. But where did those names come from? When does a nickname pass the point to formal acceptance? And how are the names of our city's neighborhoods continuing to evolve, whether because of new residents, new lingo or new real estate investments? Pat Kiernan speaks with NY1 reporters Anna Sterling and Roger Clark about how some New York names came to be and why others didn't stick.
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Crosstown with Pat KiernanBy Spectrum News NY1

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