Robyn Rihanna Fenty, What's My Name Music Video Set, Tribeca, Manhattan, New York City, United States

Etymology
In the early 1970s, a couple of years after artists in SoHo were able to legalize their live/work situation, artist and resident organizations in the area to the south, known then as Washington Market or simply the Lower West Side, sought to gain similar zoning status for their neighborhood.
A group of Lispenard Street artist/residents living on Block number 210, directly south of Canal Street between Church Street and Broadway, in an area now part of the landmarked Tribeca Historic District, joined the effort. Just as the members of the SoHo Artists Association called their neighborhood ‘SoHo’ after looking at a City Planning map which marked the area as ‘South of Houston' (city planners had been casually using the word 'SoHo' as well), these Lispenard Street residents likewise employed a City Planning map to describe their block.