Silly Condo Names
Here’s another Ballard monstrosity just being completed on 24th, right next to the huge hole where the QFC used to be. It’s silly name, NO-MA, is supposed to mean “North of Market.” Ask yourself this. How plainly stupid would you feel telling people you lived in a building called NO-MA in the first place? But at least it lends itself to a little humor.
i like “FinÔ on, of course, Phinney Ridge. I didn’t mind “The Braeburn” until I found out that they were also planning “The Cameo”. What’s after that – “The Pink Lady” and “The Golden Delicious”?
LOL, the Honeycrisp! Ummmm, yum!
I have to say, the worst condo name in my eye is ‘1′. Terrible terrible name from a branding perspective.
‘Heya, so I hear you bought a place downtown?’
‘Yeah, I bought at 1′
‘Bought one what?’
‘No, the condo 1…’
‘Gotcha, you bought a condo… which one?’
Confusion ensues for a few more minutes…
It’s a dumb name. it is a play on “South of Market” (SOMA) in San Francisco (a huge neighborhood), which is in turn a play on SOHO in new york (south of houston street) which is in turn a backronism for it’s borrowing of the name Soho in London.
FYI, the Braeburn replaced the old Red Apple market that was at that location. I like the nod to the past, myself.
Every time I see that place I get nostalgic about late-90’s Red Sox baseball. I don’t think that was quite the effect they intended.
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