What's the coolest name for a neighbourhood in your city?

[hauntedheadnc]

Originally Posted by Laceoflight

Other cool names in Montréal :
[*]Lachine (in other words : China) sounds normal to the Montréalais(es), but is considered strange by most tourists. It comes from the fact that the first French settlers thought the St. Lawrence river could be the road to China.

I have this fantasy of visiting Montreal and then posting a whole series of photo threads with titles based on that name. "Florence and the Lachine," for example. Or "Rage against the Lachine." "Well-oiled Lachine."

Stuff like that.

[1Boston]

For Boston:
Dudley
Egleston (like egg)
Southie
The Fens

Brookline:
Coolidge Corner

Somerville:
Winter hill

[Illithid Dude]

LA doesn't have too many uniquely named neighborhoods, but there are a couple standouts.

Eagle Rock
Century City
Studio City
Panorama City
City of Industry
Miracle Mile
Koreatown

[muppet]

London (areas not streets) - weird, wonderful and wubbish:

Fitzrovia
Belgravia
Strawberry Hill
Dollis Hill
Prince Regent
West Silvertown
Gunnersbury
Isle of Dogs
Shepherds Bush Market
Hainault
Kensington Olympia
Dalston Kingsland
All Saints
Angel
Gospel Oak
Burnt Oak
Swiss Cottage
Pimlico
Horselydown Square
Odessa Wharf
Canary Wharf
Canada Water
Marylebone
Piccadilly Circus
Jamaica
Cyprus
Lebanon Road
Maryland
Chessington North
Woodmansterne
Centrale
Whyteleafe South
Eden Park
Crystal Palace
Vale of Health
Falconwood
Green Street Green
Pudding Mill
Chafford Hundred
Chancery Lane
Barbican
Berrylands
Seven Sisters
Seven Kings
Ampere Way
Therapia Lane
Ponders End
Totteridge & Whetstone
Gipsy Hill
St Mary Cray
White City
Blackfriars
Maze Hill
Waterloo
White Hart Lane
Mornington Crescent
Shortlands
Catford
Nunhead
Titty Ho
Cockfosters
Ladywell
Bushey
Staines
Anerley
Harringay
Mudchute
Braintree
Turkey Street

[10023]

^ Did you really have to post all of those?

These threads are useless if people can’t stick to one or two.

[333609543]

A few in Toronto that I think sound neat:
Rexdale
Malvern
L'Amoreaux
Woburn
Wexford
Wychwood
Thistletown

[the urban politician]

Originally Posted by 10023

^ Did you really have to post all of those?

These threads are useless if people can’t stick to one or two.

Agree

[muppet]

Originally Posted by 10023

^ Did you really have to post all of those?

These threads are useless if people can’t stick to one or two.

Glad youre still paying so much attention

[Razor]

Originally Posted by Acajack

"South Keys" is kind of a special one for Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Yes that one too!

A few more for Ottawa.

- Hog's Back. Really a park, but also referred to as a neighbourhood.
- Hunt Club - Arterial road, but often referred to as neighbourhood as well.
- Tunney's Pasture.

So far my faves are:

Buckhead - Atlanta
Fishtown - Philly
The Annex - Toronto (Sounds badass)
Gas town - Vancouver
Hell's Kitchen - NYC

[Will O' Wisp]

Some of my personal favs in San Diego:

Banker's Hill
Shelltown
Paradise Hills
Skyline
City Heights
Bay Ho
Old Town
Sunset Cliffs
Core/Colombia
Gaslamp Quarter

[itom 987]

I've always liked the name, Terwillegar. It's a neighbourhood in the south side of Edmonton, I believe the name has native roots. The name is original and surprisingly easy to pronounce.

There is another neighbourhood in Edmonton called "The Hamptons" I never understood that name, what is a Hampton?

[mrnyc]

the rather interesting clevelandy nabe names go:

birdtown
bratenahl
coventry
cudell
duck island
edgewater
the flats
hingetown
hough
industrial valley
ohio city
slavic village
stockyards
tremont

historic:
gravity place
little hollywood

and in cle its all about the heights:
shaker heights


my fav is probably kitsilano in vancouver. rolls so nice off your tongue. the worst is flushing in queens lol.

[mrnyc]

Originally Posted by itom 987

I've always liked the name, Terwillegar. It's a neighbourhood in the south side of Edmonton, I believe the name has native roots. The name is original and surprisingly easy to pronounce.

There is another neighbourhood in Edmonton called "The Hamptons" I never understood that name, what is a Hampton?

ha good question.

i know its used for a group of neighboring places with -hampton in it in both ny state and in england.

i found this explanation too:
The name Hampton may come from the Anglo-Saxon words hamm meaning an enclosure in the bend of a river and ton meaning farmstead or settlement.

[MonkeyRonin]

"Liberty Village" is fun - the name was given ironically for the couple of prisons that used to be there. Of course, now the neighbourhood is just a shitty condo-ville.

[muertecaza]

There aren't a lot of neighborhoods in Phoenix with strong name recognition, but some I like:

Willo
Arcadia--sucker for random use of Greek place names
Coronado
Camelback East--we forget because Camelback mountain is such a prominent feature in the city but it really is a cool name

[SIGSEGV]

Hegewisch
Back-of-the-Yards
The Gap
Canaryville
Heart of Italy
Boystown
West Elsdon

[mrnyc]

for nyc i would say gravesend has a rather creepy, gothy, halloween, steampunk aura to it.

[10023]

Originally Posted by SIGSEGV

Hegewisch
Back-of-the-Yards
The Gap
Canaryville
Heart of Italy
Boystown
West Elsdon

Definitely Back of the Yards. A couple of those aren’t real neighborhood names either.

[Lear]

Berlin, Wedding


(In German, Wedding, means nothing at all)

[Sun Belt]

SoHo - NY - is like, the coolest name ever, totally. It's so cool that dozens of other cities will attempt to copy and capture that urban edginess factor.

It'll be a great marketing tool for civic leaders to attract hip, young cool transplants to a specific area in the central city. There will probably be a craft beer pub there and an urban outfitters and maybe a new/retro barber shop to trim your overgrown beard, that'll serve you an ice cold IPA while you get your fade and part lined up.