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In Boston there has been a few attempts to “rebrand neighborhoods” including the West End to Charles River Park, The Seaport to the Innovation district and Roxbury/South End/Southie Transition area into Midtown and all have failed misterably. (Oh and SOWA for areas in the SB/Rox Border)
I was wondering if any city successfully changed the name of a neighborhood?
In Boston there has been a few attempts to “rebrand neighborhoods” including the West End to Charles River Park, The Seaport to the Innovation district and Roxbury/South End/Southie Transition area into Midtown and all have failed misterably. (Oh and SOWA for areas in the SB/Rox Border)
I was wondering if any city successfully changed the name of a neighborhood?
“The River North neighborhood got its name from Chicago real estate developer Albert Friedman (chief executive of Friedman Properties Ltd.), who in 1974 started to buy, restore, and build commercial property in the southeast sector. Much of the area was a shabby urban neighborhood. In an effort to attract tenants Friedman began calling the area "River North".”
Forest Park Southeast (such a blah name) has become The Grove (not to be confused with Tower Grove South or East). It's currently one of the city's main nightlife areas, with lots of bars, restaurants, a lot of new residential construction going up.
Forest Park Southeast (such a blah name) has become The Grove (not to be confused with Tower Grove South or East). It's currently one of the city's main nightlife areas, with lots of bars, restaurants, a lot of new residential construction going up.
That makes a lot ofsense they made the name snappier 2 syllables will tend win out against 4.
Wynwood Miami.
Until ArtBasel Miami Beach launched in 2002, Wynwood was a derelict warehouse and working class district north of downtown Miami. The infusion of World renowned graffiti artists that starting using the district as their canvas as an adjunct to ArtBasel, and the advent of the massive Midtown Miami mixed use development that started in 2005, have completely transformed the neighborhood into a lively millennial, arts community, and hipster destination for visitors, start-ups and residents alike. It also became a go-to shopping destination for Miami Beach, and the north Biscayne corridor residents that have risen beside it. The scale of its ongoing transformation is staggering given the very short time period in which it took place. This pattern continues among other urban neighborhoods that extend northward from DT Miami and along the Biscayne Bay corridor.
Today, Wynwood is synonymous with arts, design, and creativity.
That makes a lot ofsense they made the name snappier 2 syllables will tend win out against 4.
For sure. It also helped that they put two big signs that say "The Grove" on either end of the nightlife strip on Manchester. Example: Explore St. Louis
Edit: I can't get the image to work, but it's the first photo on the hyperlinked webpage above.
The eastern section of Point Breeze in South Philly has largely been rebranded as Newbold. Although that name is largely used by the younger and/or middle class white residents who have moved into that section of the neighborhood. The old-time, largely AA population who has lived in that part of the city for generations almost never use the name.
The name was started by a developer maybe 10-15(?) years ago as he began buying up properties and flipping them in the area.
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