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Soho is an area of London's West End in the City of Westminster. It is roughly the area bounded by Oxford Street to the north, Regent Street to the west, Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square to the south, and Charing Cross Road in the east. The area to the west is known as Mayfair.
Soho is named after a hunting cry, dating back to the time when Soho was a small village on the outskirts of a London surrounded by fields. Its name is deliberately imitated by the SoHo district of Manhattan, New York, and by Soho, Hong Kong, one of the main tourist areas on Hong Kong Island.
A major event in the history of public health was the study of an outbreak of cholera in Soho by Dr. John SnowThere have been several people named John Snow John Snow, the founder of epidemiology John W. Snow, US businessman and politician John Snow, English cricketer See also: Jon Snow, British newsreader.. He identified the cause of the outbreak as the public water pump in Broadwick Street , and disabled it, thus ending the outbreak. The water pump still exists today, with a memorial plaque.
Soho is a multicultural area which is home to industry, commerce, culture and entertainment, as well as a residential area for both rich and poor.
The area has many clubs, bars, and restaurants, as well as late night coffee shops that give the street an open all night feel at the weekends. There is also a wealth of record shops, specifically around Berwick Street, where shops such as Blackmarket Records and Vinyl Junkies, dish out the freshest grooves.
Soho is also notable as the home of London's main gay villageGay and lesbian culture is largely urbanized. A gay village (sometimes called a gay ghetto or gay enclave is usually an urban geographic location with generally recognized boundaries where a large number of gay and lesbian people, as well as bisexuals and, centred on Old Compton StreetOld Compton Street is the centre of the gay community in the Soho district of London, England, featuring many gay bars as well as straight bars and the long-running production of Mamma Mia a musical based upon the songs of ABBA. One notable pub on the str.
London's ChinatownLondon's Chinatown is in Soho. Originally Chinatown was in the East End of London but moved West due to the prosperity of the Chinese and the popularity of Chinese food and culture. Chinese New Year 2004. The previous Chinatown in the Limehouse region of is centred on Gerrard StreetGerrard Street is a street which can be found in many cities, namely: London, England Toronto, Ontario, Canada (see Gerrard Street East) Streets of London. and is a mix of restaurants (including Lee Ho Fook's made famous in Warren ZevonWarren William Zevon ( January 24, 1947 September 7, 2003), born in Chicago, Illinois. He was a rock and roll musician and songwriter. He was noted for his offbeat, sardonic view of life which was reflected in his dark, sometimes humorous songs, which oft's Werewolves of LondonWerewolves of London is a song composed by LeRoy Marinell, Robert Wachtel, and Warren Zevon and performed by Zevon. Included on Zevon's album Excitable Boy it featured accompaniment by bassist John McVie and drummer Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac. It was) and import companies. Several festivals are held throughout the year including the Chinese New YearChinese New Year (, or ), also known as the Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival one of the traditonal Chinese holidays, is celebrated on the first day of the first month of the Chinese calendar, which is usually the day on which the second new moon afte.