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| Soho | |
| Category: | Neighborhood |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | England |
| State: | London |
| City: | Westminster |
| Points of interest: | Dean Street; Madame Xanadu's shop |
Soho is a neighborhood in the city of Westminster in England. It is a noted centre of various entertainment venues and includes various locales such as Soho Square, Kingly Court, Trident Studios, the Marquee Club and the Windmill Theatre. Soho is also known as being the centre of London's sex industry, and has been as such for more than two centuries. A noted brothel called the White House was located at 21 Soho Square.
Points of Interest[]
- Dean Street
- Dean Street is a street in Soho, central London, running from Oxford Street south to Shaftesbury Avenue. The street has a tradition in healthcare, over the years there have been various hospitals on the street, pioneering establishments for prevention and cure of diseases. The Royal Ear Hospital occupied number 10, an early maternity hospital was also located here and the Lock Hospital too had its base in Dean Street, Lock being a euphemism for venereal disease. Today there are two Sexual Health clinics on Dean Street: 56 Dean Street, and Dean Street Express at number 34, opposite Royalty Mews.
- Madame Xanadu's shop
- The mystic fortune teller known as Madame Xanadu maintained a shop on the corner of Dean Street, which was across the way from an eatery called The Three Greyhounds. The shop was more of a front than anything else, with all of the decor that one would expect from a fortune teller, including crystal balls, potions, dusty tomes, and half-melted candles. The back of the shop was her personal residence, which was where she practiced her more legitimate arcane arts. By contrast, this apartment was very pedestrian containing a kitchen area and a small round dining table.
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Notes & Trivia[]
- There is also an area in New York City called SoHo. It takes its name from being South of Houston Street, which is why the "H" is often capitalized in the name, though many also spell it simply as "Soho".
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