Talk:Soho

Ambiguity due to use of American English
'Gentrification', second paragraph. The last sentence in this paragraph, regarding the survival of houses from a certain period, reads, 'Only No 10 and No 15 from this period survived to the 21st century'. Does the sentence mean ' ... have survived' (i.e. are still there) or ' ... survived', (i.e. may no longer be there, perhaps demolished between 2000 and 2020?). It is the former, having looked carefully at the pictures. In addition, the use of 'to the 21st century' rather than 'into the 21st century' is again ambiguous for roughly the same reason. I propose therefore to correct the English. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.43.59.159 (talk) 13:23, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

Am I doing something wrong?
Hello, not sure if this is the right place to ask this?

I have tried to add more up to date info to the Sex section as it appears woefully out of date (last comments related to 2003) but it has been deleted by someone twice... is this okay or if not please help! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.218.209.235 (talk) 11:45, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Disambiguation
I don't mean to create trans-Atlantic tension, but shouldn't this article be moved to "Soho (London)" with "Soho" redirected to "Soho (disambiguation)"? Particularly in light of SoHo (Manhattan), which is a well-known neighborhood across the pond, as well as Soho, Hong Kong. --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 22:26, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

SoHo in New York is not an imitation of Soho, London. The name is derived from being the area SOuth of HOuston — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.228.93.52 (talk) 15:40, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

Photomontage for article
We hope (talk) 21:30, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

Steven Johnson quote (moved from article pending rephrasing)
"Almost every structure that stood on Broad Street in the late summer of 1854 has been replaced by something new – thanks in part to the Luftwaffe, and in part to the creative destruction of booming urban real estate markets. (Even the streets' names have been altered. Broad Street was renamed Broadwick in 1936). The pump, of course, is long gone, though a replica with a small plaque stands several blocks from the original site on Broad Street. A block east of where the pump once stood is a sleek glass office building designed by Richard Rogers with exposed piping painted a bold orange; its glassed-in lobby hosts a sleek, perennially crowded sushi restaurant. St. Luke's Church, demolished in 1936, has been replaced by the sixties development Kemp House, whose fourteen stories house a mixed-use blend of offices, flats, and shops. The entrance to the workhouse on Poland Street is now a quotidian urban parking garage, though the workhouse structure is still intact, and visible from Dufours Place, lingering behind the postwar blandness of Broadwick Street like some grand Victorian fossil. (…) On Broad Street itself, only one business has remained constant over the century and half that separates us from those terrible days in September 1854. You can still buy a pint of beer at the pub on the corner of Cambridge Street, not fifteen steps from the site of the pump that once nearly destroyed the neighbourhood. Only the name of the pub is changed. It is now called The John Snow."

Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  19:58, 10 April 2017 (UTC)

Geographic Area
Hello all, I was just wondering if the cited area of 1 sq mile (2.5 sq kilometers) for Soho is accurate? A quick glance at Google maps shows that Soho is closer to a .5 mi x .5 mi square (.75 km x .75 km), which would give it an area closer to that of 1/4 of a sq mile or .6 sq km. Those are very rough calculations, but I think it's safe to say that Soho is nowhere near a square mile in area (just draw a mile-long line in Google Maps to see for yourself). That's assuming American miles and standard kilometers. There doesn't appear to be a citation for where this original calculation originated from.

AlphaCentauri900 (talk) 16:06, 18 June 2017 (UTC)

Infobox size
I've got a problem with the infobox size. It's too big and squashes the following map down to leave a large white space below the "Location" section. Can it be collapsed? Also, there are now two maps in the article, which seems excessive - can we pick one (or a better one as discussed in parallel on Talk:Mayfair and go with that? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  14:07, 9 March 2021 (UTC)


 * The problems you describe do not occur on my screen; however, on my screen your removal of the infobox causes a "large white space". We can't design pages for any one user. I've restored the status quo ante. And no, infoboxes should not be collapsed. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:30, 9 March 2021 (UTC)


 * If this was work I'd say "share your screen and I'll have a look". ;-) Anyway, if I remove the map from the "Location" section, the white space disappears. Also, do we need the "Neighbouring areas of London" to be where it is, can we shunt it to the bottom? And why can't we collapse infoboxes? Is that a technical reason, or something else? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  20:34, 9 March 2021 (UTC)