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Fitzrovia

British  
/ fɪtsˈrəʊvɪə /

noun

  1. informal the district north of Oxford Street, London, around Fitzroy Square and its pubs, noted in the 1930s and 40s as a haunt of poets

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The location for the traditional Christmas Day broadcast is the Fitzrovia Chapel in central London, which once served as the chapel of the Middlesex Hospital.

From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2024

Around the corner from Akoko in London's Fitzrovia neighbourhood another West African chef is also basking in pride.

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2024

Last Thursday, the dealer Niru Ratnam opened a new 2,000 square-foot space in the Fitzrovia district with a show of contorted figure paintings by the British artist Emma Cousin.

From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2024

It soon became clear that the structure on Cleveland Street, in a neighborhood called Fitzrovia, was that workhouse, especially when Dr. Richardson unearthed details about the place that were echoed in the novel.

From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2021

Gold was the film to which Tom introduced me 10 years or so ago, when we were writing for The Fitzrovia Radio Hour, a cultish thing that did reasonably well at the Edinburgh fringe.

From The Guardian ● May 8, 2020

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