Wardour Street

British  

/ ˈwɔːdə /

noun

1. a street in Soho where many film companies have their London offices: formerly noted for shops selling antiques and mock antiques

2. affectedly archaic speech or writing

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Example Sentences

On Wardour Street, a Toyota Prius is blasting, rather incongruously, “California Dreamin’ ”; a young man with face painted white, Marcel Marceau-style, is playing the Beatles’ “Michelle” to a nonexistent crowd on Archer Street; and bass reverberates around Great Pulteney Street, emanating from an event at the clothes store Daily Paper.

From Washington Post

By the time we got to London, I Want Your Love was in the Top 5 and the queue to see us at the Marquee went right down Wardour Street.

From The Guardian

Another punk club that sprung up like the Roxy in 1977, the Vortex is even mentioned in the lyrics of ‘A’ Bomb in Wardour Street by the Jam.

From The Guardian

The edgy label, worn by Beyoncé and Alexa Chung, will open its first flagship store on the corner of Wardour Street and Brewer Street.

From The Guardian

Another pub for Hendrix fans is The Ship on Wardour Street, close to where the Marquee Club once was.

From New York Times