Soho Square
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Soho Square is a square in London's Soho neighborhood, with a park and garden area at its centre that dates back to 1681. It was originally called King Square after Charles II. At the centre of the garden, there is a distinctive half-timbered gardener's hut. During the summer, it hosts open-air free concerts. Soho Square is often synonomous with Football Association, as they are located here.
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The Soho Square neighborhood is universally regarded as the most prestigious (and expensive) address of London media organisations, Soho Square is home to several leading film, television and sport organisations that include the British Board of Film Classification, the Football Association, 20th Century Fox, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, International Creative Management, Paul McCartney (MPL), Relevant Picture Company, Tiger Aspect Productions, Allsop and the Really Useful Group. The area also features many businesses, clubs, and bars, as well as two churches. St. Patrick's Church is a very large Roman Catholic Parish Church that features extensive catacombs (that spread deep under the Square and further afield). Also, directly underneath the Square's garden is a large sub-station.
Built in the late 1670s, Soho Square was in its early years one of the most fashionable places to live in London. It was originally called King's Square, for King Charles II. There is a statue of King Charles II in the square.
Two of the original houses, nos. 10 and 15, still stand. At nos. 8 and 9 is the French Protestant Church, built in 1891-3.
Today, Soho Square is a popular hangout for London's scene and emo youth.
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The Soho Square garden also contains a memorial bench that commemorates the late singer Kirsty MacColl. MacColl wrote a song entitled "Soho Square" that was featured on her album Titanic Days. After MacColl's untimely death in 2000, fans donated money to buy a bench in honor of MacColl, inscribed with a lyric from the song: "One day I'll be waiting there / No empty bench in Soho Square". [1]
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- Oxford Street, to the North
- Charing Cross Road, to the East
- Greek Street, to the South
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