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Duane Reade
Explanation
May 17, 2022
160

“ This is a chain of drugstores in New York City. They’re a competitor to Walgreens and CVS. They were so-named because their original store was between Duane and Reade Streets in Lower Manhattan. Those two streets are named for American politicians, not related to the business. ”

Great White Way
Explanation
March 6, 2022
221

“ Clearly, Broadway in New York City is an example of this. However, I suppose it could apply to any ‘entertainment district’ of a city – even a couple blocks Phillips Avenue in downtown Sioux Falls. Wiktionary just has this for etymology: So called from its brilliant illumination at night. ”

Harlem
Stuff I Looked Up
Explanation
June 10, 2022
197

“My first mistake here is that Harlem is not a full-fledged borough, it’s just a neighborhood in Manhattan. It’s the upper boundary of Manhattan, north of 110th Street, which is the top boundary of Central Park. It extends north to the Harlem river, which cuts diagonally from northwest to southeast….”

On Broadway
Stuff I Looked Up
Explanation
July 3, 2022
83

“ This related to the size and location of the theater. Broadway : a theater of greater than 500 seats in the theater district of New York. Off-Broadway : a theater of between 99-500 seats, not necessarily in New York Off-Off Broadway : pretty much anything else ”