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Leonard Street – Col. Leonard Lispenard, a New York City merchant, politician and landowner. Lenox Avenue – James Lenox, philanthropist. Lispenard Street – Anthony Lispenard Bleecker, banker, merchant and auctioneer, and one of the richest men in New York. Ludlow Street – Augustus Ludlow, War of 1812 naval hero.
From its founding in 1847, Atlanta has had a penchant for frequent street renamings, even in the central business district, usually to honor the recently deceased.As early as 1903 (see section below), there were concerns about the confusion this caused, as "more than 225 streets of Atlanta have had from two to eight names" in the first decades of the city.
A street name is an identifying name given to a street or road. In toponymic terminology, names of streets and roads are referred to as odonyms or hodonyms (from Ancient Greek ὁδός hodós 'road', and ὄνυμα ónuma 'name', i.e., the Doric and Aeolic form of ὄνομα ónoma 'name'). [1]
Angel Court – named after a long demolished inn of this name [24] [25] Angel Lane. Angel Street – after a demolished inn of this name; formerly Angle Alley [24] [25] Apothecary Street – after the nearby Worshipful Society of Apothecaries [24] [26] Appold Street. The Arcade (Liverpool Street) – presumably descriptive.
The median value of the more than 17,000 U.S. homes located on a Coolidge street is $176,330, the only presidential street with national median home values higher than the December 2013 national ...
The numbered streets, which run west–east, start with 20th Street (excluding 19½ Street, a short alley crossing Howard Street), which runs parallel to and one block north of North Avenue. The highest numbered street in Baltimore is 43rd Street, which runs from York Road several block east to Marble Hall Road near Cold Spring Lane .
The most unique street names in the world. Across the pond, in a suburb of South Yorkshire, the long-suffering residents of Butt Hole Road couldn't take the jokes visiting tourists and back-side ...
List of streets in Los Angeles This is a list of streets in Los Angeles, California . They are grouped by type: arterial thoroughfares , commercial corridors, and other streets.