New York Critics Award facts: - Nominees and winners: Verbanck, Geert. The New York City neighbourhood of SoHo, Manhattan, will get its name from its location South of Houston Street, but is also a reference to London's Soho. The Pittsburgh neighbourhood of Uptown was also formerly referred to as Soho, most most likely possessing been named by its founder James Tustin after the London district, though it could refer to Soho, West Midlands.