New York Critics Award specifics: - Nominees and winners: Verbanck, Geert. The New York City neighbourhood of SoHo, Manhattan, receives its name from its place South of Houston Street, but is also a reference to London's Soho. The Pittsburgh neighbourhood of Uptown was also previously called Soho, most most likely owning been named by its founder James Tustin immediately after the London district, however it might refer to Soho, West Midlands.