“West of FIrst Avenue DOwntown” “Twin Cities Apartment Developers Offer Amenities for Fido.” —Star Tribune (2/7/14) Manhattan has Soho — short for, “SOuth of HOuston Street” (not to mention Tribeca, Nolita, etc.). There’s the “Dumbo” neighborhood in Brooklyn (“DOwn Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass”). Even Denver has a hip, “truncated/acronym” neighborhood: “LoDo,” short for LOwer DOwntown....Read More
Shouldn’t That Be “NoMi?” Looking for a good neighborhood? First find . . . . a good neighborhood association. NOMI (North Minneapolis, truncated) is attracting attention from Realtors, for its well-organized home tours, as well as from Lavender magazine, which noted the neighborhood’s “growing reputation as a GLBT-friendly sector.” From a housing perspective, the highlight...Read More
