Just in time for this holiday weekend, dBusiness lifts the lid on a new local game.
Editor R.J. King reports on a commercial-retail development "in Detroit’s emerging SoCo District."
It's NoJo (no joke) -- SoCo is right here in our midst. A developer says so and a business publication swallows it.
We try to keep up, but that's a new one to us, too. We were flummoxed until paragraph three, where King explains project partner Michael Chetcuti's shorthand:
“We see the SoCo District (southern Corktown) as an up-and-coming area that will draw artists, designers, and creative people.”
Ah yes, of course -- if other neighborhood re-branders can try Corktown Shores and NoHam, why not our version of SoHo and NoHo?
Hey, let's not stop there. How about G-Town for Greektown or BoEd for Boston-Edison?
Detroit author-journalist Aaron Foley, an advanced-level player of call-out games, tweets:
Woodbridge = East Corktown Hamtramck = Polish Corktown Mexicantown = El Corktown Rosedale Park = NW Corktown Ferndale = Oakland Corktown
— Aaron Foley (@aaronkfoley) October 30, 2015
Michael Chetcuti: “We see the SoCo District (southern Corktown) as an up-and-coming area." (Facebook photo)
Such wacky fun, right?! Play along by nicknaming these Detroit areas in a comment below, on Facebook or at our Twitter feed:
- Arden Park
- Boston-Edison
- Brush Park
- Campus Martius
- Capitol Park
- Chaldean Town
- Chandler Park
- East Jefferson
- Eastern Market
- Financial District
- Grand Circus Park
- Hubbard Farms
- Indian Village / West Village
- Milwaukee Junction
- Palmer Park / Palmer Woods
- Rosedale Park
- Sherwood Forest
- Springwells
- University District
- Virginia Park
- Warrendale
- West Vernor
- Woodbridge
Yes, we know there are other 'hoods, but our hands hurt.
And we also realize there's no info here about what's up in SoCo. If you're curious, see King's fill at the Read More link below.
