Editing Soho (section)

===Recent history===
[[File:AdmiralDuncan.jpg|thumb|upright|175px|The [[Admiral Duncan pub]], Soho landmark and site of the Soho nail-bombing]]
Since the decline of the sex industry in Soho in the 1980s, the area has returned to being more residential. The Soho Housing Association was established in 1976 to provide reasonable rented accommodation. By the 21st century, it had acquired around 400 flats. St Anne's Church in Dean Street was refurbished after decades of neglect, and a Museum of Soho was established.{{sfn|Weinreb|Hibbert|Keay|Keay|2008|p=846}}<ref>{{cite book|title=Placing London: From Imperial Capital to Global City|first=John|last=Eade|page=70|publisher=Berghahn Books|year=2000|isbn=978-1-571-81803-4}}</ref>

On 30 April 1999, the [[Admiral Duncan (pub)|Admiral Duncan]] pub on Old Compton Street, which serves the gay community, was damaged by a [[nail bomb]] that left three dead and 30 injured. The bomb was the third that had been planted by [[David Copeland]], a [[neo-Nazi]]  who was attempting to stir up [[ethnic minority|ethnic]] and [[homophobia|homophobic]] tensions by carrying out a series of bombings.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/30/newsid_2499000/2499249.stm|title=On this day – 1999: Dozens injured in Soho nail bomb|publisher=BBC News|date=30 April 2005|access-date=18 May 2017}}</ref>

In early February 2020, parts of an unexploded [[Second World War]] bomb was discovered by construction workers developing a new mixed residential building in Richmond Mews, near [[Dean Street]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Picheta |first=Rob |title=Unexploded World War II bomb found in central London prompts evacuations |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/03/uk/soho-ww2-bomb-gbr-scli-intl/index.html |publisher=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Unexploded bomb on Dean St, Soho. |url=https://www.westminster.gov.uk/news/unexploded-bomb-dean-st-soho |publisher=City of Westminster}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Soho WW2 bomb: Dean Street on lockdown twice in 24 hours as another part explosive is discovered |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/soho-world-war-two-bomb-dean-street-lockdown-a4353336.html |access-date=24 February 2023 |publisher=Evening Standard}}</ref> Residents, employees, and pedestrians on Richmond Mews, [[Dean Street]], [[Meard Street]] and [[St Anne's Court]] were evacuated on both the 3 and 4 February 2020. All road junctions connecting to the streets closed during retrieval of the bomb fragments as well.<ref>{{cite web |title=MP Soho Updates on WWII Bomb Finding |url=https://twitter.com/MPSSoho/status/1224690034374254592 |website=Twitter |publisher=Metropolitan Police Soho |access-date=24 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Soho WW2 bomb: Streets closed for second time in 24 hours |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-51376282 |access-date=24 February 2023 |publisher=BBC News}}</ref>