I know we had the "Businesses named for highways that no longer pass by the business" thread, but I can't see where we had the opposite: Roads named for a business which is no longer on that road.
I was listening to an aircheck from a San Francisco radio station in the '70s, and a commercial mentioned a Cadillac dealer on "Cadillac Drive in Burlingame" . Not remembering a Cadillac dealer anywhere near there, I looked up the address (https://goo.gl/maps/iZ697KcC8G12) on Google Maps and found that it's the current location of Audi of Burlingame.
I've run across several examples where street names reveal a hotel's former brand:
- Sheraton Road - Danville, PA (https://goo.gl/maps/8omyZzDn1tJ2) (later a Days Inn, now abandoned)
- Holiday Inn Road - Clarion, PA (https://goo.gl/maps/ViNEZZmnvSw) (now a Park Inn)
- Comfort Inn Drive - Morgantown, WV (https://goo.gl/maps/NMRJDmSoAfE2) (demoted to a Quality Inn)
A few others:
- Post House Road - Breezewood, PA (https://goo.gl/maps/tWFs9snqWhr) refers to a Greyhound Post House cafeteria that finally closed its doors in 2004
- Pennzoil Drive - Johnstown, PA (https://goo.gl/maps/a8fU95CsPKN2) formerly the site of a Pennzoil plant, now owned by unrelated Warren Oil
- Mack Boulevard - Allentown, PA (https://goo.gl/maps/WzzNgj7bm1x) the site of Mack Trucks' main manufacturing plant, closed in 1986
I'm sure there are countless other examples.
Simon Drive is a small 1/8th a mile road from CA SR 111 to Washington Street in La Quinta CA, where a car dealership used to be (now the site of an Aldi and In N Out Burger). When Simon Motors opened in the 1970s, the area was basically desert before La Quinta's incorporation in the early 1980s.
Desert Inn Road in Las Vegas was named after the old hotel. I'm sure if you look up a lot of Old Vegas Casinos there are plenty of examples.
Carrier Circle, a traffic circle outside Syracuse, NY. Carrier (the air-conditioner maker) moved out years ago.
There is a Packard Street between 8 and 7 Mile in Detroit. There is a crap ton of Oldsmobile (Ave, Street, Road) around the country...Waterford Township comes to mind. You also have a Studebaker Street in South Bend, IN.
Saturn Parkway in Tennessee.
Quote from: froggie on July 02, 2016, 08:08:14 AM
Carrier Circle, a traffic circle outside Syracuse, NY. Carrier (the air-conditioner maker) moved out years ago.
Still got the Carrier Dome, though.
Shaw's Dr. in Bristol, CT. Shaw's pulled out of CT in 2006. Store became a Walmart Neighborhood Market and is now vacant.
There was actually an exit on US 36 is Louisville, CO for "StorageTek Drive," long after that office closed, and it was renamed the more appropriate Northwest Parkway. Actually, when did they change the name? It looks like the sign only changed during the US 36 reconstruction.
StreetView: https://goo.gl/maps/JruAC3aLq3p
There's a Lisa Frank Avenue in Tucson.
The Lisa Frank company, though it gives the impression of being a land of fun and magical unicorns based on the colorful building in a sea of uniformly uninteresting low-rise structures in a vast office park near the airport, is actually possibly the closest thing to Willy Wonka the real world will ever see. They're extremely secretive and difficult to gain information from, but the consensus has been that they've vastly cut their staff to almost nothing. So the HQ still exists there, in Tucson, but it is not the caliber of employer that necessitates a namesake street.
Any road that's named after Motorola...there is a surprisingly huge amount of them
Fort Smith has Ingersol St
J.L. Hudson Drive, along the north border of the former Northland Mall property in Southfield, Michigan. Hudson's (later Marshall Field's, later Macy's) built the center and was the major anchor department store tenant in the mall. The location was closed in early 2015 and the entire mall (mostly deserted by that point) was closed shortly thereafter.
Caldor Rd in Framingham, MA, which now boasts a Walmart and Caldor went out of business many years ago
Some of this (and the reverse situation) are discussed on this thread:
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=8907.0 (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=8907.0)
Kraft Road or Kraft Drive in Lakeland, Florida where Kraft Foods moved out years ago. The plant was two other distributors since.
Phelps Dodge Road in all places Kentucky:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Phelps+Dodge+Rd,+Hopkinsville,+KY+42240/@36.8348358,-87.4548318,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x88653151930c20f7:0x6014562a2666cfc6!8m2!3d36.8348358!4d-87.4526431?hl=en
For those who don't know they were big time mining out west in Arizona even up until 2007 when they got merged out of existence.
And Standard Oil Avenue out in California:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Standard+Oil+Ave,+Kettleman+City,+CA+93239/@36.0092337,-119.9631974,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x8094b2bac22c5941:0x16873306dc4ee474!8m2!3d36.0092337!4d-119.9610087?hl=en
A couple in my neck of the woods...
Marine Parkway (https://goo.gl/maps/4D9zQXC9sAx)
This was the main access road to the Marine World/Africa USA theme park which moved to Vallejo in 1986. The site is now the world headquarters or Oracle.
Mayfield Avenue (https://goo.gl/maps/wFUJuLZBErM2)
Used to border the Mayfield Mall which closed in 1984. According to Wikipedia, this was the first enclosed, air conditioned mall in northern California. The mall was converted into office space by HP and is currently being leased by Google.
Quote from: myosh_tino on July 03, 2016, 01:57:35 PM
A couple in my neck of the woods...
Marine Parkway (https://goo.gl/maps/4D9zQXC9sAx)
This was the main access road to the Marine World/Africa USA theme park which moved to Vallejo in 1986. The site is now the world headquarters or Oracle.
Isn't there also a Marine World Parkway in Vallejo (the original name of Six Flags Discovery Kingdom)? There's a sign for the parkway (https://goo.gl/N0wyuT) but Google doesn't seem to show any roads with that name (so I'm not totally sure if it exists).
Ford Parkway in St. Paul. The Ford plant finally went under a few years ago after years of treading water and uncertainties about its future.
Penneys Street in Waterloo, IA. Named because JCPenney was an anchor at Crossroads Center... but not anymore.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.4628908,-92.3246384,17.09z
Nut Tree Road in Vacaville, CA.
An extension of that are towns/hamlets/villages named for businesses that no longer exist. Eagle Mills, NY is one and there are tons of others.
Quote from: cl94 on July 03, 2016, 10:08:58 PM
An extension of that are towns/hamlets/villages named for businesses that no longer exist. Eagle Mills, NY is one and there are tons of others.
Hell you could go further and find roads names for towns that no longer exist...the list is massive out west especially. Not a business per se but you have Truth or Consequences out in New Mexico that renamed itself from Hot Springs just to get that stupid game show to host a broadcast there.
Quote from: kkt on July 03, 2016, 09:04:33 PM
Nut Tree Road in Vacaville, CA.
While the original Nut Tree is gone, the new shopping center, which includes the railway attraction, is called Nut Tree Plaza. The nearby airport is also still called the Nut Tree Airport.
Zenith Dr in Glenview, IL
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.0762332,-87.8592402,3a,75y,314.48h,78.33t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sKfzy1AfOYk2Drepen13Ogw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
In Blair, Nebraska, Dana Road and College Drive continue to exist even after Dana College closed in 2010.
Quote from: myosh_tino on July 03, 2016, 11:57:16 PM
Quote from: kkt on July 03, 2016, 09:04:33 PM
Nut Tree Road in Vacaville, CA.
While the original Nut Tree is gone, the new shopping center, which includes the railway attraction, is called Nut Tree Plaza. The nearby airport is also still called the Nut Tree Airport.
Just because there are other things still around that are named after the Nut Tree doesn't mean the Nut Tree itself still exists.
In Brattleboro, VT, there's a Town Crier Drive, which used to lead to the offices of the former weekly paper of the same name. The Crier ceased operations well over a decade ago, after being absorbed by the local daily paper. In the same town, the fairground on Fairground Road is now the site of the local high school.
Across the river in Hinsdale, NH, there's Starting Gate Lane and Homestretch Road adjacent to the now closed Hinsdale Greyhound Park.
Back in Vermont, in Newfane there's Railroad Lane, though no railroad has existed in the area since the 1930s.
Slightly off topic, Brattleboro has an Aubuchon Plaza (spitting distance from Town Crier Drive) housing a number of businesses, though Aubuchon Hardware left the plaza 20+ years ago.
Aviation Road (NY 254) in Queensbury, NY used to have an airport. In the 50s or 60s, the airport was closed and turned into the campus for the school district.
Out near Dulles Airport, there's a street named Redskin Drive that is so named because it was the site of the original Redskins Park training facility built in the 1970s. Sometime in the 1990s the Redskins built a new facility not too far away in Ashburn (on Redskin Park Drive) and turned over the old facility to DC United, the soccer team, who renamed it United Park. They've moved on as well and the old facility is now some sort of church, with the sports fields still there, but the street is still Redskin Drive.
(Joe Gibbs used to talk about how he'd lose track of time and only realize he'd been up all night at the old Redskins Park when he heard the incoming British Airways Concorde arriving from London in the morning.)
In an opposite or otherwise not perfect example, Costco opened on June 22 in Boston Heights, Ohio on Bass Pro Shops Drive, but the Bass Pro Shops location that was announced in May 2015 at the same development has stalled and there is no sign of it ever being built. So Costco has to give its address as being on Bass Pro Shops Drive while Costco is the only one on that road for the foreseeable future!
In an example fitting the OP, Roebuck Drive in West Lafayette, IN dates to when the Sears store was there, before moving to Tippecanoe Mall.
Had Airport Expressway not been renamed Sam Jones, it would have fit this topic very well.
Then there's Aeroport (airport) station on line 2 (Zamoskvoretskaya) of Moscow metro. Named after the first airport Moscow had, the Khodynka aerodrome which was located nearby. Today the station is nowhere near an airport.
Regional Road (old NC 68) in Greensboro used to pass by the old Greensboro Regional Airport, but the airport moved a few miles away and the road terminates well short of what is now Piedmont-Triad International Airport (yeah, right!!!)
Quote from: OracleUsr on July 04, 2016, 05:38:20 PM
the road terminates well short of what is now Piedmont-Triad International Airport (yeah, right!!!)
That's how we feel about Albany "International" Airport
A.C.L. Street in Brooksville, Florida ran along a former Atlantic Coast Line Railroad line that's now the Good Neighbor Trail, but there are plenty of streets with names like that in the country.
Also, there's some local residential street named "Sprain Brook Parkway Drive" in Elmsford, New York, which I suspect was the originally intended right-of-way for the Sprain Brook Parkway... it actually has no connection to Sprain Brook Parkway itself.
I'm sure there are many Schoolhouse Rd's out there that do not have schools on them but did in the past.
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on July 05, 2016, 12:47:57 AM
I'm sure there are many Schoolhouse Rd's out there that do not have schools on them but did in the past.
School St in Lancaster, NY had a school until it was condemned in the early 50s. Replacement was built a couple blocks away.
Quote from: jakeroot on July 03, 2016, 03:22:05 PM
Quote from: myosh_tino on July 03, 2016, 01:57:35 PM
A couple in my neck of the woods...
Marine Parkway (https://goo.gl/maps/4D9zQXC9sAx)
This was the main access road to the Marine World/Africa USA theme park which moved to Vallejo in 1986. The site is now the world headquarters or Oracle.
Isn't there also a Marine World Parkway in Vallejo (the original name of Six Flags Discovery Kingdom)? There's a sign for the parkway (https://goo.gl/N0wyuT) but Google doesn't seem to show any roads with that name (so I'm not totally sure if it exists).
What had been Marine World Parkway is now named Lewis Brown Drive (now that Route 37 follows an alignment built in the early 2000s bypassing it to the north).
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In San Francisco, we have a short cul-de-sac near Union Square for "Security Pacific Place" even though that bank has not existed since the late 1980s.
Quote from: TheStranger on July 05, 2016, 02:16:33 AM
In San Francisco, we have a short cul-de-sac near Union Square for "Security Pacific Place" even though that bank has not existed since the late 1980s.
And, of course Maiden Lane, which is now high-end retail instead of prostitution.
Brown Street in Petersburg, VA is named for the cigarette maker Brown & Williamson and exists on both sides of its old factory there.
Quote from: DJDBVT on July 04, 2016, 08:27:19 AM
Back in Vermont, in Newfane there's Railroad Lane, though no railroad has existed in the area since the 1930s.
There must be numerous examples of Railroad Street (Avenue, etc.) which parallel abandoned railroad lines. Austin, TX has the Mopac Expressway, named for the long abandoned Missouri Pacific Railroad. Closer to my home, they have the MoPac Trail, which is a rail trail named for the railroad that used to run on it when there was tracks.
Linden, NJ has a Pennsylvania Avenue that runs long side the Amtrak NE Corridor. That was not named after the state directly, but because the NE Corridor used to be the Pennsylvania Railroad that got absorbed when most of the Mid Atlantic railroads got collapsed in the late 60's and early 70's.
Many railroads are part of American history and long after the tracks are gone the local street names are proud to represent what once was.
In Somerville, MA: Assembly Square Drive & the adjacent mall (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Somerville,+MA/@42.3914811,-71.0821534,16.38z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89e377297bf5e165:0x7a907799d8f97b03!8m2!3d42.3875968!4d-71.0994968) refer to a Ford Motor Company assembly plant that used to be in the area.
Quote from: TheStranger on July 05, 2016, 02:16:33 AM
Quote from: jakeroot on July 03, 2016, 03:22:05 PM
Isn't there also a Marine World Parkway in Vallejo (the original name of Six Flags Discovery Kingdom)? There's a sign for the parkway (https://goo.gl/N0wyuT) but Google doesn't seem to show any roads with that name (so I'm not totally sure if it exists).
What had been Marine World Parkway is now named Lewis Brown Drive (now that Route 37 follows an alignment built in the early 2000s bypassing it to the north).
Very cool, though I should have realized that -- when you type Marine World Parkway into Gmaps, it returns Lewis Brown Drive. :pan:
Uno Circle in Joliet, IL. International Games, the creators of the card game Uno used to have their world HQ there.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on July 02, 2016, 09:17:32 AM
There is a Packard Street between 8 and 7 Mile in Detroit. There is a crap ton of Oldsmobile (Ave, Street, Road) around the country...Waterford Township comes to mind. You also have a Studebaker Street in South Bend, IN.
South Bend also has a major street named Bendix Drive, which runs by the former Bendix plant, now Honeywell Aerospace. Studebaker Street doesn't run near the former location of the Studebaker plant, so perhaps the street was named for Clem Studebaker, rather than the company.
Hardees Dr in Manassas Park, VA, where a Roy Rogers now lines the street.
Quote from: cl94 on July 03, 2016, 10:08:58 PM
An extension of that are towns/hamlets/villages named for businesses that no longer exist. Eagle Mills, NY is one and there are tons of others.
That's what I thought of too! Another example of this is Naplate, Illinois https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naplate,_Illinois
Quote from: paulthemapguy on July 05, 2016, 10:40:40 PM
Quote from: cl94 on July 03, 2016, 10:08:58 PM
An extension of that are towns/hamlets/villages named for businesses that no longer exist. Eagle Mills, NY is one and there are tons of others.
That's what I thought of too! Another example of this is Naplate, Illinois https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naplate,_Illinois
There's a couple of Prescott Rd's, a Greenwich Rd, and Greenwich-Enfield Rd. in the area of Quabbin Reservoir in MA (all 3 of those towns were flooded and are now submerged in the reservoir).
There is an upscale outdoor mall on the northeast side of Louisville that, when built, was called the Summit. Its mailing address was Summit Plaza Drive.
Since then, the name of the mall has changed to the Paddock (change in ownership, maybe?) but the mailing address remains Summit Plaza Drive.
This may be somewhat of a cheat, though, since "Summit Plaza Drive" isn't an actual through street -- it's really just the mall's mailing address.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Summit+Plaza+Dr,+Louisville,+KY+40241/@38.3076112,-85.5789542,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x88699e7204d55be9:0xe39ccc28bf5260d2!8m2!3d38.307607!4d-85.5767655
In Wakefield, MA; Pleasure Island Road was named after an amusement park that was once there.
According to Wiki (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasure_Island_(Massachusetts_amusement_park)); the park, once envisioned as Disneyland-East, only existed for 10-11 years.
Most of if not all of the road has since been renamed Audubon Rd. (not sure when such took place), but there are still three signs that refer to it as Pleasure Island Road.
A supplemental BGS (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.5136713,-71.0302047,3a,75y,272.13h,77.37t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sImZIzkBKEiSap2DOACOhag!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) along I-95 (MA 128) southbound.
A street blade (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.5121159,-71.0412771,3a,75y,264.7h,79.69t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s1ybjvZvFasH5cISLRSkgdw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) at the Salem St. intersection.
Across the street of the same intersection; a D6 paddle (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.5120753,-71.0411902,3a,75y,34.54h,79.75t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sSeKGlRvh4lxd2XDBgeH8mg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) with TO PLEASURE ISLAND RD. legend.
Buehler Drive in Delaware, OH is a small residential road going back to a subdivision. Buehler's (a small regional grocery chain in Ohio) used to have a store there, but they closed down. There's still an ACE Hardware and a bank in the same building. The store itself was a little strange, because they would bag your groceries and send them in plastic bins to a "stand" (which you can see here (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.308845,-83.0963603,3a,75y,86.03h,73.29t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1serXAcYldia-6eybG4YFfZw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)), and then they would load the bags from the corresponding bins into your car. This made it popular with the elderly community, because it made the process a lot easier for them.
Flint, MI has a Chevrolet Ave and a Cadillac Ave near Kettering University (formerly GM Institute/GMI), which is adjacent to concrete pads that were formerly home to Chevrolet and Cadillac manufacturing facilities, Delphi, and AC Delco.
Quote from: TEG24601 on July 15, 2016, 03:56:20 PM
Flint, MI has a Chevrolet Ave and a Cadillac Ave near Kettering University ...
And the Google Maps lady can't pronounce Chevrolet. She says it more like shev-er-ly.
Roundy Circle in Pewaukee WI. Roundy's moved their distribution center out west to Oconomowoc.
Aspen Ski Way in Pueblo West CO. One of the only streets in the industrial section of the development to bear the name of a business. It must have been significant at some point but it's long gone.
Here in Huntsville, AL we have a few streets that I can always remember as being named after businesses that don't exist here:
Shoneys Drive (last one here was closed several years ago)
Airport Road (named after Huntsville's first airport, which the runways of still exist and are used as streets now)
L&N Drive (railroads count as businesses too, don't they?)
Heart of Huntsville Drive (named after the Heart of Huntsville Mall; IIRC, the road itself was named after the mall had been torn down)
I probably missed a few though.
Jacksonville FL has Prudential Dr on the Southbank of downtown named for when Prudential had their offices there. It was an incentive to have the company select Jacksonville, they renamed what was Miami Rd. They sold that part of the business to Aetna
Rolla, MO has an H-J Drive named for the Howard Johnson Motel, which is out of business.
Bata Boulevard in Belcamp, Maryland, off U.S. Route 40 near the southern terminus of MD-543, is a remnant of the defunct and demolished Bata Shoe Company. For reference, this is Exit 80 off the nearby Interstate 95 (Route 543 is, not Bata Boulevard), and less than 25 miles northeast of downtown Baltimore. Today, it's the property of the Waters Edge Corporate Park. However, the traffic signal along U.S. 40 still says Bata Boulevard.
Airport Road in Fall River. The airport closed almost twenty years ago because the landfill was getting too high.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on July 02, 2016, 12:14:32 AM
Desert Inn Road in Las Vegas was named after the old hotel. I'm sure if you look up a lot of Old Vegas Casinos there are plenty of examples.
Here are some other examples of former casino properties that still have streets named for them:
Sahara Ave (originally San Francisco Ave before being renamed for the hotel/casino in 1960): The Sahara closed in 2011, reopened as the SLS in 2014. Sahara Ave is a major east/west arterial now, spanning the entire Las Vegas Valley, so unlikely to ever be renamed.
Sands Ave: Named for the Sands Hotel & Casino, which has long since been superceded by The Venetian. However, the original Sands Expo Center still exists. This is a shorter east/west arterial segment transitioning between Twain Ave and Spring Mountain Road alignments.
Riviera Blvd: The Riviera closed within the last year or so, and it's site will become part of the convention center. The roadway runs along the former casino property.
Hacienda Ave: This small property was the southernmost resort on the Strip, the first people would see coming in from LA. It also had its own eponymously-named airline that was used to being in visitors. The site is now part of Mandalay Bay. Hacienda Ave is a minor east/west arterial spanning a good chunk of the valley.
Dunes-Flamingo Road: This was a short stretch of Flamingo Road between I-15 and Las Vegas Blvd (actually signed as such from I-15 in the late 80s). Pretty sure the Dunes part of the name was dropped in the early 90s, possibly even before the Dunes was imploded to make way for the Bellagio. Of course, the Flamingo still exists (but no longer part of the Hilton chain).
I believe Northwest Parkway in Eagan, MN was named for Northwest Airlines, which got taken over by Delta. When I was up there a few weeks ago, someone at a nearby gas station said that was the future home of the Minnesota Vikings practice facility.
Quote from: DandyDan on July 05, 2016, 06:28:10 AM
There must be numerous examples of Railroad Street (Avenue, etc.) which parallel abandoned railroad lines.
I mentioned that earlier with the former Atlantic Coast Line railroad in Brooksville, Florida. I've been working on an article on U.S. Route 221 in Georgia for Wikipedia, and in Kite, Georgia, I noticed an intersection with a street named "Railroad Street," but I barely see any evidence of a railroad having been there, short of some slightly distinct street patterns. After some extensive research I found out it was for an obscure railroad known as the Wadley & Mount Vernon Railroad (http://railga.com/wadmv.html), which became part of the Central of Georgia in 1906, was dumped onto part of a subsidiary, and was abandoned between 1928 and 1930 (http://railga.com/wadsou.html).
Buffalo China Rd. in South Buffalo, NY. The company went out of business several years ago.
A couple of examples from Chesterfield County, VA:
Price Club Blvd (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.4376545,-77.5885678,16.5z), which served a Price Club, which of course became Costco, but this location closed when a newer Costco opened near Chesterfield Towne Center.
Murray Olds Dr (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.5030706,-77.6171787,18z), car dealership long since replaced.
Cadillac Drive in Sacramento (near Howe Avenue), formerly a loop road around a Cadillac dealership. Dealership site has recently become a CVS in the last year or so
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cadillac+Dr,+Sacramento,+CA+95825/@38.5753476,-121.4160752,3a,60y,146.39h,88.14t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sNmztCDF2a0ZQW3OPioRyBQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x809ada5ec9ba5705:0x93336487ccef0144!8m2!3d38.573062!4d-121.4186655
View of the old dealership:
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.5736205,-121.4165199,3a,16.6y,19.75h,90.08t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sw_WsnJO5AI3A0yfgm2sqvQ!2e0!5s20140401T000000!7i13312!8i6656
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A South Sacramento example, though more technically than anything else: Florin Mall Drive, which leads to the old Florin Mall property but is now Florin Town Center:
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.4961636,-121.434302,3a,42.1y,308.64h,93.96t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sz4LSlZjiKcMuPYzcmduqhQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Now that Arco Arena (Sleep Train Centre in its last few years) in the Sacramento neighborhood of Natomas is closing, streets such as Sports Parkway and Arena Boulevard will become anachronistic.
I don't think it's called that any more but in the same area as Regional Road was Albert Pick Road, which stayed that name some time after the Albert Pick Inn (my first memory of Greensboro after flying in from Grand Forks, ND) closed.
I can't believe I live in Richmond and didn't think of these two:
Thalbro Street (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.5838725,-77.4877785,3a,75y,203.8h,85.37t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYlnqGZa6KISDzaE3bABeoQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) - named for Thalhimer Brothers./Thalhimers; a distribution center for the chain was located on this street for years. The buildings have been repurposed, but at least one of them is now a Martin's (grocery store) distribution center. It still has the Thalhimers logo painted on the side.
Rhoadmiller Street (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.5669397,-77.4606258,18.74z) - named for Miller & Rhoads, whose central distribution center was located in this general area (two buildings on either side of Cummings Dr, one block north). The buildings now house West End Printing and a Greyhound maintenance facility.
Also, a bonus...Seasons Mill Street was named for Southern Season (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.589843,-77.493566,18.49z), which had a very short-lived location as the anchor store for the new Libbie Mill development. The store went out of business after less than a year. (This was a really, really poor location for it, IMO.)
Arrow Safety Road in Georgetown, Delaware may be one.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FSOlrRrm.jpg&hash=029eda856882f5f5225c14007476302e069736b0)
Tampa/Brandon area in Florida.
On SR 60 eastbound off I-75, the first intersection is to the Westfield Brandon mall. The road is called 'Brandon Town Center Dr.', the former name of the mall changed many years ago.
Mercedes Rd. in Houston near I-45 North and Rankin Rd. was originally part of Kuykendahl Rd. before it was re-aligned. Instead of the usual practice of naming an old stub after the original road that has been re-aligned (ex: Kuykendahl Rd. to Old Kuykendahl Rd.), it was re-named for the long gone Mercedes-Benz dealership that used to be there. Intercontinental Motors (later known as Charlie Thomas Intercontinental Motors, Park Place Motor Cars North, and Mercedes-Benz of Houston North) was located on I-45 North and Mercedes Rd. from the mid 1970s until they moved to their current location at I-45 North and FM 1960 around 2000. The old Intercontinental Motors building housed North Freeway Hyundai (complete with the old chandelier from the old Mercedes-Benz days) until 2014, and the building was demolished in 2015.
An interesting thing to note is that on the window sticker for my 1981 Mercedes-Benz that was purchased from Intercontinental Motors by the original owner, the address of the dealership is shown as 13915 US 75 North. This was a few years before US 75 was decommissioned south of I-30, but at that time, I would've thought most addresses on the feeder road in Houston would've used either North Freeway or I-45 North as the street name instead.
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.9680202,-95.4214335,17.5z
While looking on Google Maps a few days ago, I thought of this thread (I thought it was newer) when I came across a Caldor Road in Framingham, MA (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3010058,-71.4008774,17z). I wondered if there was a Caldor along the road at one point. I did a bit of Googling, and found that the current Walmart was a Caldor (http://thecaldorrainbow.blogspot.com/2007/12/caldor-store-locator.html).
Quote from: Michael on August 12, 2017, 09:00:13 PM
While looking on Google Maps a few days ago, I thought of this thread (I thought it was newer) when I came across a Caldor Road in Framingham, MA (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3010058,-71.4008774,17z). I wondered if there was a Caldor along the road at one point. I did a bit of Googling, and found that the current Walmart was a Caldor (http://thecaldorrainbow.blogspot.com/2007/12/caldor-store-locator.html).
There was a period of time about 10 years ago when the street name sign on the Route 9 end was replaced with one that said Walmart Way. The Walmart Way sign eventually disappeared. GMSV shows no street name sign on the Route 9 end, and a Caldor Rd sign on the Route 30 end.
One of our main roads in the Charleston area, Ashley Phosphate Road, is so named because until the 1960s, there used to be phosphate mines along the road.
There was once an Iron Mountain road in Desoto, Missouri that was named after The Iron Mountain railway, which was eventually absorbed into Missouri Pacific and then Union Pacific, and when UP showed up the road's designation disappeared.
K-Mart Drive in Bristol, Tenn. The K-Mart there is closed now (Surprise!!!)
Firestone Boulevard in the LA metro area (former Route 42) was named for the tire company who once had a factory in South Gate
SAMSUNG-SM-J327A
In St. George UT, there is a Hilton Dr, but the Hilton it was named for is now a Crystal Inn.
Quote from: roadguy2 on September 02, 2017, 02:15:22 AM
In St. George UT, there is a Hilton Dr, but the Hilton it was named for is now a Crystal Inn.
Interesting that the Crystal Inn address is still off Hilton Dr. As far as I know, Crystal Inn has no relation to Hilton, so you'd think they'd try and get the street name changed.
For years, the frontage road off MN-100 in St. Louis Park, MN north of Cedar Lake Rd. was Stephens Dr., I assume named for the then Win Stephens Buick dealer (now the site of West Side VW). It then became West Side Dr. I believe. With the rebuild of 100, I think it's just the exit for 23rd street.
Quote from: roadguy2 on September 02, 2017, 02:15:22 AM
In St. George UT, there is a Hilton Dr, but the Hilton it was named for is now a Crystal Inn.
Similarly, the hotel on Hilton Driveway (signed this way at the traffic lights) in Iselin, NJ was no longer a Hilton by 2014. It was called Hotel Woodbridge and is now APA Hotel Woodbridge. GSV as of September 2015 still shows it as "Hilton Driveway", though I don't have any more recent data.
Bumping the thread.......
JR Road in Selma, NC was named aptly for the JR Outlet store, but it went out 4 or 5 years ago, and there's more than a small chance that I-42 wipes the road entirely. Exide Drive in Tennessee is another that comes to mind; a major Exide Batteries plant was there until 2014. It famously got busted in 2007 for unleashing excessive amounts of lead into the area water. Backstory (https://www.johnsoncitypress.com/Environment/2017/06/11/Environmentalists-in-Bristol-breathe-a-sigh-of-relief-and-fresh-air.html)
And of course, you can't have a post like this without the famous Jones Sausage Road (https://localwiki.org/raleigh/Jones_Sausage_Road) just outside of Raleigh
Quote from: discochris on October 01, 2017, 09:41:26 PM
For years, the frontage road off MN-100 in St. Louis Park, MN north of Cedar Lake Rd. was Stephens Dr., I assume named for the then Win Stephens Buick dealer (now the site of West Side VW). It then became West Side Dr. I believe. With the rebuild of 100, I think it's just the exit for 23rd street.
Old post, but it's still signed for Westside Drive. On another note, this area is a terrible, miserable choke point at afternoon rush as traffic funneling off I-394 has two options for getting onto southbound 100 and it stacks up with idiots cutting each other off picking which entrance ramp they want.
A shopping center entrance on Jefferson Ave in Newport News, VA is signed as "HQ Way" (even after a recent sign replacement) despite the fact that HQ went out of business more than 20 years ago:
https://goo.gl/maps/Uijbr8FWJn3gSUYEA
The City Drive in Orange, California was named for an indoor mall that was torn down in the 90's and replaced with an open-air mall called The Block.
not sure if there was actually a business named as such, but Ashley Phosphate Rd in Charleston SC certainly sounds like one.
Quote from: fillup420 on May 10, 2020, 09:03:43 PM
not sure if there was actually a business named as such, but Ashley Phosphate Rd in Charleston SC certainly sounds like one.
This will be of interest to you: Origin (https://charlestoncurrents.com/2015/06/history-ever-wonder-why-its-called-ashley-phosphate-road/)
Also, there is Ramada Drive (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ramada+Rd,+Virginia/@38.9080116,-77.217153,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89b64adfa8c77e5f:0x7287a773b0a28663!8m2!3d38.9080074!4d-77.2149643) at Falls Church, Virginia, even though there is a Westin there now.
Old Race Track Road in Gaffney, SC is another that comes to mind.......Named as such for Gaffney Speedway, a 3/4 mile race track, and was shaped similar to that of Martinsville Speedway
The track (https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&t=h&z=17&mid=19gulK0V0lKCFa_4r0LOVyS4y3O4&ll=35.016830078076836%2C-81.67981284648133)
On the Levee in West Lafayette, Indiana, there's a short one-block street called Roebuck Drive, that is the cut-through street between State Street and Brown Street there that went behind the Sears that's no longer there.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4215402,-86.9020523,19z
Hive Drive (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hive+Dr,+Charlotte,+NC+28217/@35.1883734,-80.9156412,633m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x885698dba8acca1f:0xdc46e37e08e4b9f2!8m2!3d35.1884918!4d-80.913989) in Charlotte, NC, named when Charlotte Coliseum once existed on the grounds. Two of the parking areas are all that remain.
I can think of 3 cases of the opposite: businesses (or locations) named for route numbers that are no longer there. On CT 322 in Southington, there is a Deli 66 and a Super 66 Liquors that were both named when the road was part of CT 66. Also, there is a Route 72 plaza on CT 372 in East Berlin (and for a long time, was a 72 Diner in the plaza) from when the road was CT 72.
Forgot to mention there is also a Phillips 66 on CT 322, but that came along well after the number change and is purely coincidental.
Motel 6 Drive (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Motel+6+Dr,+Pennsylvania+15301/@40.1797381,-80.2352169,148m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x8835adaa50b957f7:0xe31bd3b183be2f0b!8m2!3d40.1794041!4d-80.2353215) exists at Washington, PA, even though Rodeway Inn now occupies the former Motel 6 property
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on June 30, 2020, 10:42:13 AM
I can think of 3 cases of the opposite: businesses (or locations) named for route numbers that are no longer there. On CT 322 in Southington, there is a Deli 66 and a Super 66 Liquors that were both named when the road was part of CT 66. Also, there is a Route 72 plaza on CT 372 in East Berlin (and for a long time, was a 72 Diner in the plaza) from when the road was CT 72.
In my area, we have the "38 Motel" located along NJ 138 (formerly a section of NJ 38 that was never connected to the main section further west).
In Tukwila, Washington there's a Sperry Drive (https://www.google.com/maps/@47.4409245,-122.2478577,131m/data=!3m1!1e3) for a Sperry Univac office. It changed to Unisis before moving out.
I went to kindergarten on Milwaukee Blvd. (https://www.google.com/maps/@47.2711237,-122.2493298,264m/data=!3m1!1e3) in Pacific, Washington, parallel to railroad tracks formerly run buy the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad. One time we were singing a railroad song, and a Union Pacific train went by out the window. There are numerous other Milwaukee Streets in the former railroad's territory.
Me being the waterpark lover that I am, this one came to mind right away: Wet "ËœN' Wild Way in Arlington, Texas, named after the original name of the waterpark near which it runs.
When Six Flags bought the waterpark in 1995, its name was changed to Hurricane Harbor (which it's still called today, BTW). However, the street name remained the same.
Quote from: TheStranger on August 31, 2017, 04:53:03 PM
Firestone Boulevard in the LA metro area (former Route 42) was named for the tire company who once had a factory in South Gate
SAMSUNG-SM-J327A
Seeing that name on the map of LA, I had always wondered if it had something to do with the tire company - turns out I was right!
Here is an obscure one...Makro Drive in Cincinnati was named for a short-lived European hypermarket concept from the early '80s. The building is now home to an indoor sports complex.
Today I was lamenting that Segale Business Park doesn't exist in name any more. I used to pass their sign every day on the bus, and remember (according to legend) that Nintendo's Mario was named after their headquarter's landlord Mario Segale. Mr. Segale died a few years ago, and the industrial area has changed its name. Looking around I found there is still a Segale Park Drive (https://goo.gl/maps/HRmvLQVyiqQFVGwo6), so the name lives on.
Caterpillar Drive in Joliet. (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5155769,-88.1481348,567m/data=!3m1!1e3) The facility at the south end of the street used to be a Caterpillar plant.
Quote from: ErmineNotyours on September 20, 2020, 12:32:46 AM
Today I was lamenting that Segale Business Park doesn't exist in name any more. I used to pass their sign every day on the bus, and remember (according to legend) that Nintendo's Mario was named after their headquarter's landlord Mario Segale. Mr. Segale died a few years ago, and the industrial area has changed its name. Looking around I found there is still a Segale Park Drive (https://goo.gl/maps/HRmvLQVyiqQFVGwo6), so the name lives on.
I think that story is widely considered to be factual, and not just legend. Although to think a warehouse landlord in Tukwila is the reason for the name Mario is quite humorous!!
Apologies for not reading this thread, but the title reminds me of the opposite here in Austin. WE have a road named Manchaca Road. A year and a half ago, the city decided the road was named after Jose Menchaca and was misspelled forever and the road, which had been named Manchaca Road for over 100 years, needed to be named Menchaca Road. There are several businesses that take the Manchaca name in their business name, so now the businesses are named after a road that technically doesn't exist any more.
Funny tidbit, there was a road alignment change in the 80s, leading to a section of old road being named Old Manchaca Road, but it will not be renamed to reflect the spelling error, so there is a road named after an old alignment of a road that doesn't exist.
To make this whole thing even more convoluted, at the end of Manchaca Road has always been Menchaca Elementary School in the community of Manchaca. The school was the only thing that had the Men spelling, yet, no matter what the spelling is, the locals in Austin pronounce it "Man-shack".
Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on September 21, 2020, 04:45:20 PM
Apologies for not reading this thread, but the title reminds me of the opposite here in Austin. WE have a road named Manchaca Road. A year and a half ago, the city decided the road was named after Jose Menchaca and was misspelled forever and the road, which had been named Manchaca Road for over 100 years, needed to be named Menchaca Road. There are several businesses that take the Manchaca name in their business name, so now the businesses are named after a road that technically doesn't exist any more.
There is, somewhere on this forum, a thread about "businesses named for a road that no longer exists" (a topic which inspired me to investigate the reverse phenomenon). And as I recall, that thread is filled with businesses named things like "Route 42 Diner" –years after Route 42 was decommissioned, re-routed, replaced by an Interstate, etc.
Ramada Street in Sandusky, Ohio. There used to be a Ramada Inn that (I believe) is now a Days Inn. It's mostly an access to Walmart and an abandoned movie theater.
Quote from: zzcarp on September 22, 2020, 12:55:25 PM
Ramada Street in Sandusky, Ohio. There used to be a Ramada Inn that (I believe) is now a Days Inn. It's mostly an access to Walmart and an abandoned movie theater.
Looks like it was demoted twice since its Days days–first to an America's Best Value Inn (https://goo.gl/maps/de8NzbroWe8iL92w8), then, at some point in the past year, to a Magnuson (https://www.google.com/travel/hotels/Sandusky/entity/CgsI6-mHlpvtloDjARAB?g2lb=2502548%2C4258168%2C4270442%2C4306835%2C4317915%2C4322823%2C4328159%2C4371334%2C4401769%2C4419364%2C4424916%2C4425458%2C4433754%2C4270859%2C4284970%2C4291517%2C4412690&hl=en&gl=us&un=1&ap=aAE&q=magnuson%20hotel%20sandusky%20ohio&rp=EM_K3ILOpJ7ygQEQ6-mHlpvtloDjATgCQAFIA6IBDFNhbmR1c2t5LCBPSMABA8gBAA&ictx=1&utm_campaign=sharing&utm_medium=link&utm_source=htls&hrf=CgUIrwEQACIDVVNEKhYKBwjkDxAJGBoSBwjkDxAJGBsYASgAkgECIAE). Interestingly, Magnuson lists the property's address as "Milan Road" –US 250 passing through–rather than the side street originally named for the hotel.
But without seeing the "Ramada Street" name, it's still easy to tell that the property used to be a Ramada Inn. When I pulled it up on Street View, I was struck by its overall similarity to a hotel (https://www.choicehotels.com/hotelmedia/US/PA/williamsport/PA171/1280/Exterior1.JPG) in my hometown–which has been an Econo Lodge for my entire lifetime but was opened as a Ramada around 1970. Ramada's portfolio has been a hodgepodge of different hotels dropped from other chains for so long that I forgot that they ever had any sort of a standard architectural design language.
Carolina Pottery Drive (https://www.google.com/maps/place/354+Shadowtown+Rd,+Blountville,+TN+37617/@36.5317159,-82.3942794,311m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x885a8ffbd638e63f:0xaa462e26895e9e51!8m2!3d36.5321599!4d-82.3931529) still exists near Bristol, TN, for a Carolina Pottery outlet that used to be there, part of a larger Factory Stores of America outlet center.
State Farm Drive in Santa Rosa, CA. If I remember correctly, State Farm Insurance used to have regional offices on this street many decades ago.
Town Crier Drive in Brattleboro VT continues to exist, even after the Town Crier (weekly paper) ceased publication in 2006.
In Gwinnett County, GA near I-85 and Gwinnett Place Mall there is a short commercial street with a cul-de-sac at the end called "Day Drive". I helped prepare the plans for that street back in 1983. It was named Day Drive by the developer because a Days Inn was constructed at the end of the street. That building still stands, but it has not been a Days Inn for at least 30 years.
Bentley-Harris Way in Gordonsville, TN.
Back in the early 2000s, I worked for a Tier 1 auto supplier who had bought B-H's parent company which included this location. I made two trips here, one to install our company's WAN/LAN gear to get them on our internal network, and again around 2007 to remove it after we sold this site to Tahio.
https://goo.gl/maps/ckV9jiVPyVq4oE9H6
There is a "Cbs Fox Drive" in Livonia, Michigan, that is named after a former occupier of a building on that road, CBS FOX Video.
In addition, just north of the town of Cairo, IL are Sears Drive and Roebuck Drive. They are split by Interstate 57, and a Sears and Roebuck Company mill used to be located on the road. This mill was where some of the materials for Sears catalog houses were produced, and there are still two Sears catalog houses on one of those drives. There are a couple of online articles about the two drives.
Platteville, WI has Ubersox Dr. named after the former Ubersox Chrysler dealership. Last year the owner went through a nasty divorce and was forced to sell the business. So now it's Kunes Country Chrysler that sits on Ubersox Dr.
Here in Madison, there is a Shopko Dr. where there once was a Shopko store, where there is now a Pick n' Save Grocery Store: https://www.google.com/maps/@43.1124294,-89.3475392,670m/data=!3m1!1e3.
All Shopko Stores have closed. All that is left is the Shopko Optical stores: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shopko.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on July 03, 2016, 12:11:01 PM
Phelps Dodge Road in all places Kentucky:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Phelps+Dodge+Rd,+Hopkinsville,+KY+42240/@36.8348358,-87.4548318,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x88653151930c20f7:0x6014562a2666cfc6!8m2!3d36.8348358!4d-87.4526431?hl=en
For those who don't know they were big time mining out west in Arizona even up until 2007 when they got merged out of existence.
And Standard Oil Avenue out in California:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Standard+Oil+Ave,+Kettleman+City,+CA+93239/@36.0092337,-119.9631974,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x8094b2bac22c5941:0x16873306dc4ee474!8m2!3d36.0092337!4d-119.9610087?hl=en
The main road leading to Safford's copper mine was named Phelps Dodge Road in 2006 just prior to startup and the merger. Eventually the name was changed to Freeprort-McMoRan Road.
There's currently a rumor that Freeport-McMoRan may get merged with Barrick Gold corporation. If that happens, the road may eventually get renamed again.
They should have just named it Safford Mine Road or Dos Pobres Mine Road in the first place... The original ore body that kicked off the operation in 2006 was Dos Pobres. The company is currently mining the San Juan ore body and the Lone Star ore body, both of which have their own eponymous access roads leading into town (gated and closed to the public, but still.)
There's one or two in the Phoenix area named after defunct malls. Metro Parkway circles the Metro Center mall, which closed its doors permanently earlier this year.
Other than that, there's not much in Arizona... I guess we're not known to hang on to much that has historical significance, and that includes street names.
There are two in Florence, KY (near Cincinnati) that are just on opposite sides of I-71/75 from each other. The first one is Holiday Pl, which I assume used to go to Holiday Inn, but now it's a Baymont and a Best Western back there. Just on the other side of I-71/75 along US 42 is Freedom Dr, which leads to the home of the minor league baseball team formerly known as the Florence Freedom, they're now called the Florence Y'alls.
Viking Drive in Eden Prairie, MN used to run past the Minnesota Vikings' team headquarters and facilities. The team moved to a new HQ in Eagan two years ago.
Philips Way in far eastern Knox County, TN- the plant closed in 2004 and the local community college has run a branch campus in the building for many years.
I would like to throw in DiamondJacks Blvd in Bossier City, LA: this short renamed stretch of Hamilton Drive is mentioned on I-20 (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.5137175,-93.7354514,3a,70.8y,75.54h,81.14t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0XyhwlzjOko_6D7vj5x4Zw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656/). It was named after the DiamondJacks casino, which closed (https://www.casino.org/news/diamondjacks-casino-in-louisiana-closes-permanently-due-to-covid-19/) a few months back due to COVID hardships.
A couple of people mentioned airports, so I wanted to shout out the example in my area - Central Hwy and Airport Highway (across the street from Airport Plaza shopping center and down the street from the colloquially-titled but unofficially named "Airport Circle" ). All of these names are nods to the long-gone Camden Central Airport, which had its heyday in the 30's.
I used to see a doctor in one of the medical buildings in the industrial park that now occupies the site.
Quote from: STLmapboy on November 11, 2020, 05:48:22 PM
I would like to throw in DiamondJacks Blvd in Bossier City, LA: this short renamed stretch of Hamilton Drive is mentioned on I-20 (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.5137175,-93.7354514,3a,70.8y,75.54h,81.14t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0XyhwlzjOko_6D7vj5x4Zw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656/). It was named after the DiamondJacks casino, which closed (https://www.casino.org/news/diamondjacks-casino-in-louisiana-closes-permanently-due-to-covid-19/) a few months back due to COVID hardships.
And before DiamondJacks the street and the exit were named for the casino before...Isle of Capri
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TN has some businesses along US 412 which are named after Hwy 20. Now technically SR 20 still runs along a vast majority of US 412 but it is now hidden along these paths as a silent concurrence.
Quote from: Avalanchez71 on November 12, 2020, 07:05:24 AM
TN has some businesses along US 412 which are named after Hwy 20. Now technically SR 20 still runs along a vast majority of US 412 but it is now hidden along these paths as a silent concurrence.
This goes in the reverse thread (not sure where it is).
Someone else mentioned a Holiday Inn Road, where the lodging became a Park Inn.
This seems to happen with Holiday Inns a lot. In Michigan, for example, there's this location in Kalamazoo (https://goo.gl/maps/nveD7nngbdGHz5U38) (now a Marriott Delta) and this one in Howell (https://goo.gl/maps/znzfwLD2RALz8RsJA) (since demolished)
At the Englewood, OH exit of I-70, there was an older Holiday Inn that is now a Clarion. But that's located on Rockridge Rd. Yet if continue on that road, you'll come to an intersection with Holiday Dr. Did they just miss the mark? Actually, at the other end of Holiday Dr., at the corner of Wenger Rd., there used to be a gym in the "Holiday Health Spa" chain. The gym is now a medical office building after extensive remodeling.
Quote from: roadfro on August 07, 2016, 12:28:04 AM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on July 02, 2016, 12:14:32 AM
Desert Inn Road in Las Vegas was named after the old hotel. I'm sure if you look up a lot of Old Vegas Casinos there are plenty of examples.
Here are some other examples of former casino properties that still have streets named for them:
Sahara Ave (originally San Francisco Ave before being renamed for the hotel/casino in 1960): The Sahara closed in 2011, reopened as the SLS in 2014. Sahara Ave is a major east/west arterial now, spanning the entire Las Vegas Valley, so unlikely to ever be renamed.
Sands Ave: Named for the Sands Hotel & Casino, which has long since been superceded by The Venetian. However, the original Sands Expo Center still exists. This is a shorter east/west arterial segment transitioning between Twain Ave and Spring Mountain Road alignments.
Riviera Blvd: The Riviera closed within the last year or so, and it's site will become part of the convention center. The roadway runs along the former casino property.
Hacienda Ave: This small property was the southernmost resort on the Strip, the first people would see coming in from LA. It also had its own eponymously-named airline that was used to being in visitors. The site is now part of Mandalay Bay. Hacienda Ave is a minor east/west arterial spanning a good chunk of the valley.
Dunes-Flamingo Road: This was a short stretch of Flamingo Road between I-15 and Las Vegas Blvd (actually signed as such from I-15 in the late 80s). Pretty sure the Dunes part of the name was dropped in the early 90s, possibly even before the Dunes was imploded to make way for the Bellagio. Of course, the Flamingo still exists (but no longer part of the Hilton chain).
Updating my post from a couple years ago:
- The SLS Hotel/Casino has been sold and renamed back to Sahara, so Sahara Ave now has its namesake business back.
- In conjunction with the Las Vegas Convention Center expansion to the former Riviera Hotel/Casino site, the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority successfully sought to rename Riviera Blvd as Elvis Presley Blvd a few years ago.
And not exactly a street and more of a driveway, but this backlit street name sign for Park Lane Mall (https://goo.gl/maps/ZRzNuhnkFszFhyQEA) still exists in Reno, NV, despite Park Lane Mall closing in 2007 and most of the mall building having been demolished by 2008. The site is currently being redeveloped into a major mixed-use development with a new name, so this street name sign is likely to be changed out in the not-too-distant future.
Comfort Inn Drive (https://www.google.com/maps/@38.7324229,-77.7732405,3a,39.6y,16.2h,94.06t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s42yMOdQfrr_7-IVhtq23FQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) in Warrenton, VA has been a Baymont Inn for at least five years
The sign for the Highway 99 Blues Club is still up, (https://goo.gl/maps/bZdh51UMEdAUu9SE8) even though the former Highway 99 Alaskan Way Viaduct is gone.
Bendix Drive (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bendix+Dr,+Salisbury,+NC+28146/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x8853f330fa4a9555:0x9e420eb069f7bfe6?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjz06erqO3tAhUBwVkKHV3IB24Q8gEwAHoECAQQAQ) in Salisbury, NC......I assume where Bendix was is where Power Curbers is now
Cypress Gardens Blvd in Winter Haven, FL.
Quote from: planxtymcgillicuddy on December 26, 2020, 11:26:01 PM
Bendix Drive (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bendix+Dr,+Salisbury,+NC+28146/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x8853f330fa4a9555:0x9e420eb069f7bfe6?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjz06erqO3tAhUBwVkKHV3IB24Q8gEwAHoECAQQAQ) in Salisbury, NC......I assume where Bendix was is where Power Curbers is now
Bendix Drive makes a reappearance in the thread! Four years ago, I cited the one in South Bend:
Quote from: theline on July 05, 2016, 07:00:14 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on July 02, 2016, 09:17:32 AM
There is a Packard Street between 8 and 7 Mile in Detroit. There is a crap ton of Oldsmobile (Ave, Street, Road) around the country...Waterford Township comes to mind. You also have a Studebaker Street in South Bend, IN.
South Bend also has a major street named Bendix Drive, which runs by the former Bendix plant, now Honeywell Aerospace. Studebaker Street doesn't run near the former location of the Studebaker plant, so perhaps the street was named for Clem Studebaker, rather than the company.
There's a very interesting pair in Highland Park, New Jersey (where I grew up) and New Brunswick, New Jersey that are both related to the same business.
Carpender Road in New Brunswick is named after the second half of the Janeway and Carpender Wallpaper Company that used to be on the Raritan River waterfront on the New Brunswick side. The entire complex caught fire on March 13, 1907 and was declared a total loss. They demolished the rest of the structures in May 1907 and moved the bricks over to Highland Park.
In Highland Park, there is a Janeway Avenue at the location of where the firm moved to after the 1907 fire. Unfortunately, the wallpaper company only survived another 24 years. In 1931, with the Depression at its peak and new laws about coal burning, the Janeway & Carpender Wallpaper Company closed its doors for good after going into bankruptcy.
The only remains, especially as development has eaten up the properties, are Janeway Avenue and Carpender Road. I doubt anyone who lives on either street knows the significance that company had to both municipalities.
Again with the railroads. There's a tiny little one-lane road along in Mount Vernon, New York that runs along the northwest side of the Metro-North New Haven Line named "New Haven Railroad Street." I'm debating whether or not I'd like to go there someday.
Didn't somebody mention that road before?
What about roads named after a former name of a landmark? There are a few roads, most notably Decker Lake Road, in the Austin area that are named for Decker Lake. The lake was re-named Walter E. Long so many years ago, yet none of the businesses or roads carried on the name change. The lake is still obviously there, just not called that anymore.
Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on January 26, 2021, 03:32:06 PM
What about roads named after a former name of a landmark? There are a few roads, most notably Decker Lake Road, in the Austin area that are named for Decker Lake. The lake was re-named Walter E. Long so many years ago, yet none of the businesses or roads carried on the name change. The lake is still obviously there, just not called that anymore.
What’s in a name anyway? Some people feel comfortable with old names despite new ones added. Heck look at Route 128 in MA even though it’s I-93 or I-95 depending on location.
Back when I lived in NJ we were still calling Route 495 by Route 3. Even with signs changed to reflect the true route number, people would say Route 3 into the Lincoln a Tunnel.
Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on January 26, 2021, 03:32:06 PM
a former name of a landmark?
Quote from: roadman65 on January 26, 2021, 03:37:40 PM
What's in a name anyway? Some people feel comfortable with old names despite new ones added.
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Quote from: kphoger on January 26, 2021, 03:42:23 PM
Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on January 26, 2021, 03:32:06 PM
a former name of a landmark?
Quote from: roadman65 on January 26, 2021, 03:37:40 PM
What's in a name anyway? Some people feel comfortable with old names despite new ones added.
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I am all for that, and in the example I gave, I never cared the name changed. Until my new boss moved to Austin from Illinois and expressed confusion why there were so many references to Decker Lake around Lake Walter E. Long. Then it struck me that maybe this is confusing to newbies, especially a city with so many new people coming in daily like Austin.
There is a road just off I-94 on the west side of Milwaukee called Theodore Trecker Way. It runs past a large Quad/Graphics printing plant.
That printing plant formerly was a Giddings & Lewis manufacturing facility (G&L is a now defunct factory automation company.) G&L acquired that plant in the early 90s when it purchased Cross & Trecker Corporation, a tool and die manufacturing company. Cross & Trecker was a merger of two companies, one of which was Kearney & Trecker. Kearney & Trecker was founded by Theodore Trecker in the 1800s, and the company build that plant in the late 70s and had the city name the street after its founder.
So the street is named after someone who founded a company that built a plant, that later merged with another company, was then purchased by another company, and THAT company sold the plant to yet another company.
Quote from: roadman65 on January 26, 2021, 03:37:40 PM
Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on January 26, 2021, 03:32:06 PM
What about roads named after a former name of a landmark? There are a few roads, most notably Decker Lake Road, in the Austin area that are named for Decker Lake. The lake was re-named Walter E. Long so many years ago, yet none of the businesses or roads carried on the name change. The lake is still obviously there, just not called that anymore.
What's in a name anyway? Some people feel comfortable with old names despite new ones added. Heck look at Route 128 in MA even though it's I-93 or I-95 depending on location.
Back when I lived in NJ we were still calling Route 495 by Route 3. Even with signs changed to reflect the true route number, people would say Route 3 into the Lincoln a Tunnel.
Yes! Someone else's autocorrect does this inexplicable and unbelievably annoying thing with inserting an article where one does not belong!
Calling it by old names:
Cobo Hall
I mean TCF
I mean ... Uh, what's the name going to be after the bank merger?
Mervyn's (https://www.google.com/maps/@0,0,0a,13.1y/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sjIjGan3OK5thPlfulZ1-FA!2e0) Drive in Fullerton, California for the entrance to a shopping center from which the regional department store Mervyn's long ago departed.
Has anybody mentioned Lucent Blvd in Highlands Ranch, CO? A few years ago, Alcatel Lucent was bought by Nokia. This road even has an exit off the C-470 freeway.
This is the opposite, but There's a delta mart in Jackson, MS. The road it's located on was renamed from Delta Drive to Medgar Evers Boulevard, it was named Delta because US 49 used the road through Jackson. And, well, 49 went to the delta. But it's been rerouted now and Delta mart isn't in too good of a shape.
Chesterfield County, VA has a Price Club Boulevard. Price Club merged with Costco in the 1990s.
Lien Street in Rapid City, SD. Pete Lien and Sons no longer operates the cement plant served by Lien Street, instead operating their offices and a quarry on Universal Drive to the north. The cement plant is assumed to be operated by GCC.
Not necessarily a business, but Sturgis Road, named as such because it was the former route between Rapid City and Sturgis before I-90 existed, runs from western Rapid City to Tilford, ending about 8 miles short of Sturgis.
Robert Mueller Municipal Airport in Austin closed in 1999 in favor of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, and ever since, the old airport has been slowly converted to commercial/residential. I would say now there has been enough development, if someone just moved to town, they would be unaware of the area being a former airport, except one hint being Airport Blvd. that still runs on the south side of former airport. It can be easily dismissed because you can take Airport from that part of town, down to US-183 that will take you to the current airport. I am sure this situation exists in the few cities that decided to sh!t can their current airport for a completely new construction. I say few because most of the time cities take the old airport and keep expanding/renovating to the point that it's extremely confusing to someone who just arrived for the first time. But hey, it started out a single runway airfield in the 20s and now its a 7 runway international airport!!!
In the Milwaukee area today, the signs are being changed at the baseball stadium. The Miller Park signs are sadly coming down, replaced by ugly American Family Field ones.
Interestingly, the road that runs along the eastern side of the stadium is called Miller Park Way. Most of the road is in the suburb of West Milwaukee, and they have said that there are no plans to change the name of the biggest street running through the village.
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In Manhattan, Kansas, in 2013, Tallgrass Brewing moved out of its original building into a large new facility on Technology Circle, west of the municipal airport. They subsequently requested that the city rename the street "Dry Hop Circle", and the city approved the request.
Tallgrass Brewing ceased operating in the fall of 2018. No successor brewery took over their location on what is still known as "Dry Hop Circle".
I'm not sure if this counts, but "Steve Yzerman Dr" runs around the south side of the former Detroit Red Wings hockey arena, Joe Louis Arena in downtown Detroit. Steve Yzerman was captain of the Red Wings and played for the team from 1983 to 2006. However, Joe Louis Arena was recently demolished beginning in the spring of 2019 and was replaced by Little Caesars Arena, the new home of the Detroit Red Wings, on the north end of downtown, at Woodward Avenue (M-1) and the Fisher Freeway (I-75).
Although "Steve Yzerman" was not the name of a business, his name is synonymous with Joe Louis Arena and the Detroit Red Wings.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3254748,-83.0526199,3a,67.1y,100.24h,89t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0UUNtfE29LDjka8MhV40xw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Quote from: rellis97 on January 27, 2021, 09:55:06 PM
I'm not sure if this counts, but "Steve Yzerman Dr" runs around the south side of the former Detroit Red Wings hockey arena, Joe Louis Arena in downtown Detroit. Steve Yzerman was captain of the Red Wings and played for the team from 1983 to 2006. However, Joe Louis Arena was recently demolished beginning in the spring of 2019 and was replaced by Little Caesars Arena, the new home of the Detroit Red Wings, on the north end of downtown, at Woodward Avenue (M-1) and the Fisher Freeway (I-75).
Although "Steve Yzerman" was not the name of a business, his name is synonymous with Joe Louis Arena and the Detroit Red Wings.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3254748,-83.0526199,3a,67.1y,100.24h,89t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0UUNtfE29LDjka8MhV40xw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Makes me think of Mike McCarthy Way in Green Bay, WI. Obviously Lambeau Field hasn't gone anywhere, but with McCarthy now the head coach of the Cowboys makes it slightly comical.
Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on January 28, 2021, 11:23:46 AM
Quote from: rellis97 on January 27, 2021, 09:55:06 PM
I'm not sure if this counts, but "Steve Yzerman Dr" runs around the south side of the former Detroit Red Wings hockey arena, Joe Louis Arena in downtown Detroit. Steve Yzerman was captain of the Red Wings and played for the team from 1983 to 2006. However, Joe Louis Arena was recently demolished beginning in the spring of 2019 and was replaced by Little Caesars Arena, the new home of the Detroit Red Wings, on the north end of downtown, at Woodward Avenue (M-1) and the Fisher Freeway (I-75).
Although "Steve Yzerman" was not the name of a business, his name is synonymous with Joe Louis Arena and the Detroit Red Wings.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3254748,-83.0526199,3a,67.1y,100.24h,89t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0UUNtfE29LDjka8MhV40xw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Makes me think of Mike McCarthy Way in Green Bay, WI. Obviously Lambeau Field hasn't gone anywhere, but with McCarthy now the head coach of the Cowboys makes it slightly comical.
It's weird that around Gillette Stadium there are no former coaches (or current) with roads named for them. However, there isn't any city road grid to speak of near it.
In North Attleboro, about 5 miles away, there is a Ronald C Meyer Dr, which sounds like it was a joke by the builder of a high-end subdivision, since Meyer was in New England for two years and sucked as a coach. The road got made quite famous locally since it's the road Aaron Hernandez lived on.
Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on January 28, 2021, 11:23:46 AM
Quote from: rellis97 on January 27, 2021, 09:55:06 PM
I'm not sure if this counts, but "Steve Yzerman Dr" runs around the south side of the former Detroit Red Wings hockey arena, Joe Louis Arena in downtown Detroit. Steve Yzerman was captain of the Red Wings and played for the team from 1983 to 2006. However, Joe Louis Arena was recently demolished beginning in the spring of 2019 and was replaced by Little Caesars Arena, the new home of the Detroit Red Wings, on the north end of downtown, at Woodward Avenue (M-1) and the Fisher Freeway (I-75).
Although "Steve Yzerman" was not the name of a business, his name is synonymous with Joe Louis Arena and the Detroit Red Wings.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3254748,-83.0526199,3a,67.1y,100.24h,89t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0UUNtfE29LDjka8MhV40xw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Makes me think of Mike McCarthy Way in Green Bay, WI. Obviously Lambeau Field hasn't gone anywhere, but with McCarthy now the head coach of the Cowboys makes it slightly comical.
Vince Lombardi, Mike Holmgren and Mike McCarthy all had streets named after them in Green Bay while they were coaching elsewhere. It's tradition!!!
The funny thing is that Lombardi is a fairly major street in town. Holmgren, while not a major thoroughfare, is a longish street with decent traffic. McCarthy is a non-descript street near the stadium that's about three blocks long.
Quote from: SEWIGuy on January 28, 2021, 12:30:57 PM
Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on January 28, 2021, 11:23:46 AM
Quote from: rellis97 on January 27, 2021, 09:55:06 PM
I'm not sure if this counts, but "Steve Yzerman Dr" runs around the south side of the former Detroit Red Wings hockey arena, Joe Louis Arena in downtown Detroit. Steve Yzerman was captain of the Red Wings and played for the team from 1983 to 2006. However, Joe Louis Arena was recently demolished beginning in the spring of 2019 and was replaced by Little Caesars Arena, the new home of the Detroit Red Wings, on the north end of downtown, at Woodward Avenue (M-1) and the Fisher Freeway (I-75).
Although "Steve Yzerman" was not the name of a business, his name is synonymous with Joe Louis Arena and the Detroit Red Wings.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3254748,-83.0526199,3a,67.1y,100.24h,89t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0UUNtfE29LDjka8MhV40xw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Makes me think of Mike McCarthy Way in Green Bay, WI. Obviously Lambeau Field hasn't gone anywhere, but with McCarthy now the head coach of the Cowboys makes it slightly comical.
Vince Lombardi, Mike Holmgren and Mike McCarthy all had streets named after them in Green Bay while they were coaching elsewhere. It's tradition!!!
The funny thing is that Lombardi is a fairly major street in town. Holmgren, while not a major thoroughfare, is a longish street with decent traffic. McCarthy is a non-descript street near the stadium that's about three blocks long.
In the case of Vince Lombardi Dr, didn't that come after he passed? Yes he coached the Redskins at the end of his career, but I don't think it was Vince Lombardi Dr while he was coaching. Mike McCarthy was still the coach of the Packers when he got his street named after him.
Maybe I find it comical because my wife is a Packers fan and I am a Cowboys fan. The hometown of her team has a street named after the head coach of my team.
Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on January 28, 2021, 01:54:15 PM
Quote from: SEWIGuy on January 28, 2021, 12:30:57 PM
Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on January 28, 2021, 11:23:46 AM
Quote from: rellis97 on January 27, 2021, 09:55:06 PM
I'm not sure if this counts, but "Steve Yzerman Dr" runs around the south side of the former Detroit Red Wings hockey arena, Joe Louis Arena in downtown Detroit. Steve Yzerman was captain of the Red Wings and played for the team from 1983 to 2006. However, Joe Louis Arena was recently demolished beginning in the spring of 2019 and was replaced by Little Caesars Arena, the new home of the Detroit Red Wings, on the north end of downtown, at Woodward Avenue (M-1) and the Fisher Freeway (I-75).
Although "Steve Yzerman" was not the name of a business, his name is synonymous with Joe Louis Arena and the Detroit Red Wings.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3254748,-83.0526199,3a,67.1y,100.24h,89t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0UUNtfE29LDjka8MhV40xw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Makes me think of Mike McCarthy Way in Green Bay, WI. Obviously Lambeau Field hasn't gone anywhere, but with McCarthy now the head coach of the Cowboys makes it slightly comical.
Vince Lombardi, Mike Holmgren and Mike McCarthy all had streets named after them in Green Bay while they were coaching elsewhere. It's tradition!!!
The funny thing is that Lombardi is a fairly major street in town. Holmgren, while not a major thoroughfare, is a longish street with decent traffic. McCarthy is a non-descript street near the stadium that's about three blocks long.
In the case of Vince Lombardi Dr, didn't that come after he passed? Yes he coached the Redskins at the end of his career, but I don't think it was Vince Lombardi Dr while he was coaching. Mike McCarthy was still the coach of the Packers when he got his street named after him.
Maybe I find it comical because my wife is a Packers fan and I am a Cowboys fan. The hometown of her team has a street named after the head coach of my team.
Lombardi Avenue was named for him in 1968 when he served as the Packers GM before he left for Washington.
Sorry about your choice of team. :sombrero:
Quote from: rellis97 on January 27, 2021, 09:55:06 PM
I'm not sure if this counts, but "Steve Yzerman Dr" ...
I'd say that it doesn't count–for multiple reasons.
On a most basic level, as you observed, the Red Wings haven't left the site. The fact that the physical venue has been rebuilt under a different name isn't surprising or unusual given professional sports team owners' endless appetites for perpetually new playing facilities. By my quick calculation, the average age of a professional sports venue is about 22 years–across the NHL, NBA, NFL, and MLB.
So assuming a facility is brand new when a player starts a career, by the time that player is recognized as a "great" , retires, and has a street named in his/her honor, the likelihood is that the venue has already been replaced–or soon will be. If anything, it would be the opposite scenario which would be surprising: The team
still plays in the same stadium decades later!
But even if the Red Wings had left Detroit, I still don't think the example counts. A street named for a person is usually an honor for that individual, not as a signifier that the person actively does business on that street–as is the case for something like "Holiday Inn Drive" .
So for example–let's imagine that a road next to Chrysler headquarters in Auburn Hills was renamed "Lee Iacocca Drive" in honor of his role in resuscitating the company in the 1980s. And then let's assume that new corporate parent Stellantis goes bankrupt and takes Chrysler down with it–leaving the headquarters empty. The name of "Lee Iacocca Drive" still honors the man and his role in history, regardless of whether Chrysler is still in operation there.
Unless they renamed the street there is Jelly belly Lane in Kenosha. Jelly Belly closed there last year.
If I recall, baseball legend Harmon Killebrew still has a street named after him adjoining the site of the former stadium that made him famous - Met Stadium in Bloomington, MN.
However, the Twins left there in the early 80s for Downtown Minneapolis and the sterile confines of the Metrodome. Met Stadium was eventually bulldozed to build the Mall Of America. However, Killebrew Drive apparently still exists there.
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Drane Field Road in Lakeland, FL is named after the former name of the Lakeland- Linder Airport that is located along it.
Quote from: briantroutman on January 28, 2021, 05:59:56 PM
Quote from: rellis97 on January 27, 2021, 09:55:06 PM
I'm not sure if this counts, but "Steve Yzerman Dr" ...
I'd say that it doesn't count–for multiple reasons.
On a most basic level, as you observed, the Red Wings haven't left the site. The fact that the physical venue has been rebuilt under a different name isn't surprising or unusual
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I'm not sure if you realize, but the Red Wings now share Little Caesars Arena about a mile from the river. They certainly have moved to a new site. IT wasn't a rebuild in place.
Quote from: GaryV on January 29, 2021, 12:53:32 PM
Quote from: briantroutman on January 28, 2021, 05:59:56 PM
Quote from: rellis97 on January 27, 2021, 09:55:06 PM
I'm not sure if this counts, but "Steve Yzerman Dr" ...
I'd say that it doesn't count–for multiple reasons.
On a most basic level, as you observed, the Red Wings haven't left the site. The fact that the physical venue has been rebuilt under a different name isn't surprising or unusual
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I'm not sure if you realize, but the Red Wings now share Little Caesars Arena about a mile from the river. They certainly have moved to a new site. IT wasn't a rebuild in place.
No, I didn't realize that–I misread. I thought that the new arena replaced the old one more or less the same real estate, which is fairly typical in the build/replace cycle of sports areas. (As an aside: I remember seeing Joe Louis Arena while riding the Detroit People Mover on a visit to the city in February 2019–unaware that it was the virtually eve of its demolition. The train stopped at an oddly vacant platform, no one got on or off, and then we proceeded on our way.)
But even so, I still wouldn't count it under the Lee Iacocca exception I outlined above–an honor for a person and his role in history; not a signifier that he does business here.
Mall Street (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mall+St,+South+Carolina+29142/@33.4768672,-80.4749581,646m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x88ff21ceb2af90dd:0x4b03958d685fabdc!8m2!3d33.4804199!4d-80.4724261) in Santee, SC, named when the Santee Outlets were at that location-have been shuttered since about 2013 or so
With the upcoming closure of the Liberty Orchards factory in Cashmere, WA, Aplets Way (named for their signature product, Aplets & Cotlets (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aplets_%26_Cotlets)) will soon fit the bill.
Source: https://mynorthwest.com/2704881/all-over-the-map-aplets-way-and-other-northwest-brand-name-streets/
Hechinger Drive in Springfield, VA.
Hechinger was a local hardware store chain that went out of business probably 20 years ago. The shopping center on Hechinger Dr was anchored by a store of the same name.
The anchor store is now a Latino/Asian grocery store, and there are a number of ethnic restaurants in the strip mall.
What about roads named for "Fallen Flag" Railroads/Railways
In Arizona there are streets along or near railines
Santa Fe Drive/Avenue/Street
Southern Pacific Drive/Road
Quote from: mapman1071 on March 20, 2021, 01:37:36 AM
What about roads named for "Fallen Flag" Railroads/Railways
In Arizona there are streets along or near railines
Santa Fe Drive/Avenue/Street
Southern Pacific Drive/Road
How about one better. Roads named for the railroad they paralleled, then the railroad was abandoned and removed. Railroad Ave. in Pflugerville, TX is one of these. The railroad has been abandoned so long no one even remembers there was a railroad there.
This one in Bridgeton, MO fits this.
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Quote from: mapman1071 on March 20, 2021, 01:37:36 AM
What about roads named for "Fallen Flag" Railroads/Railways
In Arizona there are streets along or near railines
Santa Fe Drive/Avenue/Street
Southern Pacific Drive/Road
How about a whole town, i.e., Santa Fe Springs, California, named after the Santa Fe Railroad.
How about a city, Truth or Consequences, NM, named after a game show that no longer exists.
Have to bump this because I couldn't think of where to put it. It's the roadgeek in me that came out while watching sports. At Citi Field, there is an advertisement for Jake's 58 casino. After doing some research, I found out it is so named because it is off of Exit 58 on the LIE. What happens to the business should NYSDOT implement mileage based numbers on I-495 which would renumber Exit 58 to Exit 45 (assuming MP 0 is at the west end of the Midtown Tunnel)? Would the casino retain the name or have to change to Jake's 45? If it's the former, you'd have a business named for an Exit that is no longer there.
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on April 28, 2021, 11:35:48 PM
Have to bump this because I couldn't think of where to put it. It's the roadgeek in me that came out while watching sports. At Citi Field, there is an advertisement for Jake's 58 casino. After doing some research, I found out it is so named because it is off of Exit 58 on the LIE. What happens to the business should NYSDOT implement mileage based numbers on I-495 which would renumber Exit 58 to Exit 45 (assuming MP 0 is at the west end of the Midtown Tunnel)? Would the casino retain the name or have to change to Jake's 45? If it's the former, you'd have a business named for an Exit that is no longer there.
It wouldn't have to do anything.
Quote from: kphoger on April 29, 2021, 12:59:35 PM
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on April 28, 2021, 11:35:48 PM
Have to bump this because I couldn't think of where to put it. It's the roadgeek in me that came out while watching sports. At Citi Field, there is an advertisement for Jake's 58 casino. After doing some research, I found out it is so named because it is off of Exit 58 on the LIE. What happens to the business should NYSDOT implement mileage based numbers on I-495 which would renumber Exit 58 to Exit 45 (assuming MP 0 is at the west end of the Midtown Tunnel)? Would the casino retain the name or have to change to Jake's 45? If it's the former, you'd have a business named for an Exit that is no longer there.
It wouldn't have to do anything.
Wasn't that his first suggestion?
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on April 28, 2021, 11:35:48 PM
Would the casino retain the name
Quote from: kphoger on April 29, 2021, 12:59:35 PM
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on April 28, 2021, 11:35:48 PM
Have to bump this because I couldn't think of where to put it. It's the roadgeek in me that came out while watching sports. At Citi Field, there is an advertisement for Jake's 58 casino. After doing some research, I found out it is so named because it is off of Exit 58 on the LIE. What happens to the business should NYSDOT implement mileage based numbers on I-495 which would renumber Exit 58 to Exit 45 (assuming MP 0 is at the west end of the Midtown Tunnel)? Would the casino retain the name or have to change to Jake's 45? If it's the former, you'd have a business named for an Exit that is no longer there.
It wouldn't have to do anything.
If they think like many people on this forum do, they'll compel themselves to change it.
It would bug me if I owned it...
Hughes Way in El Segundo, CA. Led to one of the worksites of the Hughes Aircraft Co. (Several plants existed all over the area.) The division was bought out by Raytheon more than 20 years ago.
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.908388,-118.3917429,3a,15y,344.38h,92.9t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sGs-cs-JQEshRuWN0UK78TA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DGs-cs-JQEshRuWN0UK78TA%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D17.622663%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192
Of course, all over Southern California there are other monuments to the many aerospace companies that had facilites there. Almost all of them have since merged in with larger companies like Lockheed, Boeing, or Raytheon. Here's Douglas Center (named after Douglas Aircraft) in Long Beach that now leads to a Boeing facility:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.8303573,-118.1424923,3a,75y,51h,89.05t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sqCnWla5OTgVP7ozRJqEQoQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DqCnWla5OTgVP7ozRJqEQoQ%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D144.58269%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192
The names for sports heroes is quite interesting and while the individuals aren't businesses, they are generally named in areas near the stadiums/arenas where they became famous.
Hank Aaron Dr. in Atlanta. The team moved to Cumberland, GA, but the street in Atlanta still named for him. (There is also a street near the new stadium named for Hank.)
Here is something interesting. While I was growing up in LA in the 1980's, the Lakers played in Inglewood (Forum) and the Clippers played in Downtown LA (Sports Arena). Then for a while both teams have been playing Downtown LA at the Staples Center. Now, the Clippers are building a new arena in Inglewood, about a mile away from the Forum. Anyway, to bring it back on topic, Inglewood has a Kareem Court near the Forum and a Pincay Drive (named after a jockey). Hollywood Park horseracing track was torn down and the SoFi stadiuim put in its place. And of course, the Lakers are no longer there either. Perhaps there is some room to name a street after a star football player.
There is still a "Hive Drive" where the former Charlotte Hornets used to play before being moved. The Charlottehas since been torn down and remains an empty oval field. It's a shame, it wasn't even that old at the time.
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https://maps.app.goo.gl/rdc1UNTtvq5gPDnF9
There is also Westinghouse Blvd. IIRC, Siemens is in the old Westinghouse plant now.
In Fenton MO, there are street names from when there was a Chrysler Corp plant. Imperial, Chrysler, Dart, Fury and even a 'Valiant Park'.
Another left over Airport Rd is in West Dundee IL, right by I-90 and IL-31 interchange. And yet another in North Aurora IL, by I-88 and IL-31.
There was an enclosed Mall/Amusement Park, "Old Chicago", in Bolingbrook IL. Torn down, but Old Chicago Drive, is still there.
In Waukegan IL, the Lakehurst Mall is long gone, but the circular Lakehurst Dr is still there, with WalMart in place of the mall.
Quote from: mrsman on November 09, 2021, 02:06:07 PM
Hughes Way in El Segundo, CA. Led to one of the worksites of the Hughes Aircraft Co. (Several plants existed all over the area.) The division was bought out by Raytheon more than 20 years ago.
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.908388,-118.3917429,3a,15y,344.38h,92.9t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sGs-cs-JQEshRuWN0UK78TA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DGs-cs-JQEshRuWN0UK78TA%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D17.622663%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192
Of course, all over Southern California there are other monuments to the many aerospace companies that had facilites there. Almost all of them have since merged in with larger companies like Lockheed, Boeing, or Raytheon. Here's Douglas Center (named after Douglas Aircraft) in Long Beach that now leads to a Boeing facility:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.8303573,-118.1424923,3a,75y,51h,89.05t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sqCnWla5OTgVP7ozRJqEQoQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DqCnWla5OTgVP7ozRJqEQoQ%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D144.58269%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192
The names for sports heroes is quite interesting and while the individuals aren't businesses, they are generally named in areas near the stadiums/arenas where they became famous.
Hank Aaron Dr. in Atlanta. The team moved to Cumberland, GA, but the street in Atlanta still named for him. (There is also a street near the new stadium named for Hank.)
Here is something interesting. While I was growing up in LA in the 1980's, the Lakers played in Inglewood (Forum) and the Clippers played in Downtown LA (Sports Arena). Then for a while both teams have been playing Downtown LA at the Staples Center. Now, the Clippers are building a new arena in Inglewood, about a mile away from the Forum. Anyway, to bring it back on topic, Inglewood has a Kareem Court near the Forum and a Pincay Drive (named after a jockey). Hollywood Park horseracing track was torn down and the SoFi stadiuim put in its place. And of course, the Lakers are no longer there either. Perhaps there is some room to name a street after a star football player.
Does Kirby Puckett Place still exist in downtown Minneapolis near where the Metrodome used to be - or was the name reverted to its previous name of Chicago Avenue? (For the uninitiated, in 2010 the Twins left the Dome for Target Field, which is on the other end of downtown.)
Disc Drive and Tape Drive in Louisville, Colorado. Storage Technology (who my Dad worked with for many years) used to be headquartered here.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.943369,-105.1336509,16z
The company no longer exists as an independent entity. It was bought out by Sun, who was bought out by Oracle ... the Louisville HQ are no longer there but Oracle does have a significant presence nearby in Broomfield.
It's kind of interesting how life flows --- when my Dad worked there, it was when I was growing up and we were in Detroit, MI. He worked in their Detroit location, occasionally travelling to Colorado. He left the job when I was in High School. Years later I'm an adult and now I'm living in Broomfield --- only a few miles away from his former company's HQ.
Brown Material Road was named after Brown Material Supply Company:
https://www.gribblenation.org/2020/04/brown-material-road.html?m=1
Odd one in Newark, DE. I don't know if Chrysler Ave ever reached the plant that closed down in 2008, but regardless, it's still named after that plant.
Quote from: KCRoadFan on November 10, 2021, 11:48:15 PM
Quote from: mrsman on November 09, 2021, 02:06:07 PM
Hughes Way in El Segundo, CA. Led to one of the worksites of the Hughes Aircraft Co. (Several plants existed all over the area.) The division was bought out by Raytheon more than 20 years ago.
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.908388,-118.3917429,3a,15y,344.38h,92.9t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sGs-cs-JQEshRuWN0UK78TA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DGs-cs-JQEshRuWN0UK78TA%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D17.622663%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192
Of course, all over Southern California there are other monuments to the many aerospace companies that had facilites there. Almost all of them have since merged in with larger companies like Lockheed, Boeing, or Raytheon. Here's Douglas Center (named after Douglas Aircraft) in Long Beach that now leads to a Boeing facility:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.8303573,-118.1424923,3a,75y,51h,89.05t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sqCnWla5OTgVP7ozRJqEQoQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DqCnWla5OTgVP7ozRJqEQoQ%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D144.58269%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192
The names for sports heroes is quite interesting and while the individuals aren't businesses, they are generally named in areas near the stadiums/arenas where they became famous.
Hank Aaron Dr. in Atlanta. The team moved to Cumberland, GA, but the street in Atlanta still named for him. (There is also a street near the new stadium named for Hank.)
Here is something interesting. While I was growing up in LA in the 1980's, the Lakers played in Inglewood (Forum) and the Clippers played in Downtown LA (Sports Arena). Then for a while both teams have been playing Downtown LA at the Staples Center. Now, the Clippers are building a new arena in Inglewood, about a mile away from the Forum. Anyway, to bring it back on topic, Inglewood has a Kareem Court near the Forum and a Pincay Drive (named after a jockey). Hollywood Park horseracing track was torn down and the SoFi stadiuim put in its place. And of course, the Lakers are no longer there either. Perhaps there is some room to name a street after a star football player.
Does Kirby Puckett Place still exist in downtown Minneapolis near where the Metrodome used to be - or was the name reverted to its previous name of Chicago Avenue? (For the uninitiated, in 2010 the Twins left the Dome for Target Field, which is on the other end of downtown.)
It reverted to Chicago Avenue. I recall a controversy when US Bank Stadium was new that it was given that name, being the Chicago Bears are the Minnesota Vikings rivals. Carew Place was reverted as well.
In Normal IL, former home of the Mitsubishi/DSM auto plant, the main road by it has changed from Mitsubishi Drive [US 150] to Rivian Parkway. For new owners of plant.
In Upper Marlboro, MD, there's an intersection with US-301 that has a Chevy Dr. one way, and a Chrysler Dr. (turns into Chrysler Way) going the other. Both were presumably named for auto dealerships that are no more. Both structures still stand, though; one is a church, and the other is divided into a MAACO and an Enterprise rent-a-car.
Team Blvd in Smyrna, TN. It was named for Team Chevrolet which never actually built their facility out there. It was actually one of the GM dealerships that was closed down by the former Obama Car Czar that lorded over GM back in 2009.
Quote from: Avalanchez71 on November 15, 2021, 02:48:09 PM
Obama Car Czar that lorded over GM
You do realize how ridiculous you sound when you say things like this, right?
^^^
Yes, he and the entire royal family were executed at the behest of Obama Car Lenin.
Quote from: Scott5114 on November 15, 2021, 03:16:39 PM
Quote from: Avalanchez71 on November 15, 2021, 02:48:09 PM
Obama Car Czar that lorded over GM
You do realize how ridiculous you sound when you say things like this, right?
Too much pork? Carnitas tacos sound really good right now for dinner.
Combining cars and meat, there's Kars, Turkey (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kars).
Quote from: 1 on November 15, 2021, 07:36:20 PM
Combining cars and meat, there's Kars, Turkey (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kars).
Also describes my annual Thanksgiving trip (in that order).
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Quote from: Avalanchez71 on November 15, 2021, 02:48:09 PM
Obama Car Czar
what the hell is an Obama Car Czar
Obama's 'car czar' to pay $5M fine
By JOHN MAGGS 10/13/2010 07:15 PM EDT
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Financier Steven Rattner, former head of the government's rescue of the auto industry, has settled securities charges against him stemming from a bribery scheme that predated his time in office.
Rattner, a major bankroller of Democratic campaigns, will pay a fine of more than $5 million and accept a multi-year ban from involvement with the securities industry, under a settlement to be announced Thursday by the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to a report by the New York Times. He faces more fines but likely no jail time under a separate investigation by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.
Rattner served as the "Car Czar" in 2009, overseeing the Obama administration's complicated bailout of the Big Three Auto makers. Rattner's attorney, Jamie Gorelick, a senior Justice Department official in the Clinton administration, did not return a call requesting comment.
As a principal with Quadrangle Group, a private Wall Street equity fund, he was accused of paying a $1 million bribe to an adviser to New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi. Hevesi pled guilty last week to state criminal charges in a larger scheme that netted millions in kickbacks from Wall Street companies seeking investments from the New York state pension fund.
Rattner also helped fund "Chooch" a low-budget movie produced by the brother of David Loglisci, the head of the pension fund.
Hevesi is not expected to face jail time under his settlement with Cuomo.
Pontiac isn't coming back, let it go. The GTO was too little too late.
Manufacturers were looking to cut costs, and shed hundreds of dealers from their networks (the Big 3 do not operate any manufacturer-owned stores in the US). Many were consolidated; GMC/Chevrolet with Cadillac and/or Buick, and many standalone stores mostly folded. About 70-80% of those GM dealers opened back up in the next few years or later received their franchises. The bigger dealer groups tucked their tail and took a payout; the smaller "mom-and-pops" took the biggest hits. Of courses the Pontiac and Hummer dealerships walked the plank. About 780 Chrysler/Dodge stores folded (a few less consolidated) and maybe 10-20% have come back, some just went into new markets altogether.
Without getting political...What else were manufacturers supposed to do with government support? They leaned out (though not quite learned from their mistakes) whereas spending even more money would have been a less viable choice; but hey, there's just no pleasing someone with an axe to grind, is there?
Quote from: formulanone on November 16, 2021, 09:27:48 AM
Manufacturers were looking to cut costs, and shed hundreds of dealers from their networks (the Big 3 do not operate any manufacturer-owned stores in the US). Many were consolidated; GMC/Chevrolet with Cadillac and/or Buick, and many standalone stores mostly folded. About 70-80% of those GM dealers opened back up in the next few years or later received their franchises. The bigger dealer groups tucked their tail and took a payout; the smaller "mom-and-pops" took the biggest hits. Of courses the Pontiac and Hummer dealerships walked the plank. About 780 Chrysler/Dodge stores folded (a few less consolidated) and maybe 10-20% have come back, some just went into new markets altogether.
Without getting political...What else were manufacturers supposed to do with government support? They leaned out (though not quite learned from their mistakes) whereas spending even more money would have been a less viable choice; but hey, there's just no pleasing someone with an axe to grind, is there?
I cannot dispute this post but there was certainly a Car Czar.
Quote from: Avalanchez71 on November 16, 2021, 11:10:59 AM
Quote from: formulanone on November 16, 2021, 09:27:48 AM
Manufacturers were looking to cut costs, and shed hundreds of dealers from their networks (the Big 3 do not operate any manufacturer-owned stores in the US). Many were consolidated; GMC/Chevrolet with Cadillac and/or Buick, and many standalone stores mostly folded. About 70-80% of those GM dealers opened back up in the next few years or later received their franchises. The bigger dealer groups tucked their tail and took a payout; the smaller "mom-and-pops" took the biggest hits. Of courses the Pontiac and Hummer dealerships walked the plank. About 780 Chrysler/Dodge stores folded (a few less consolidated) and maybe 10-20% have come back, some just went into new markets altogether.
Without getting political...What else were manufacturers supposed to do with government support? They leaned out (though not quite learned from their mistakes) whereas spending even more money would have been a less viable choice; but hey, there's just no pleasing someone with an axe to grind, is there?
I cannot dispute this post but there was certainly a Car Czar.
That's Tsar, not Czar.
Just north of the Route 2 exit ramp to Route 250 in Sandusky, Ohio is a road named Ramada Street. The Ramada Inn that it was named for has been gone for about 2 decades, but the hotel is now a repurposed Days Inn. I guess it's kind of interesting they never changed the name of the street, since there are no businesses that have an address on Ramada Street.
Map: https://goo.gl/maps/EzJGrquV8fTQVmcF8
Quote from: Avalanchez71 on November 16, 2021, 11:10:59 AM
Quote from: Rothman on November 16, 2021, 02:24:21 PM
I cannot dispute this post but there was certainly a Car Czar.
That's Tsar, not Czar.
Sidebar:
Transportation Czar = Tzar
Drug Czar = Dzar
SARS Czar = Szar?
Not a business, but High School Drive here in Boone no longer serves the high school (long been demolished), but a park and ride/long term parking lot for ASU students.
Broyhill Inn Lane is the address of App State's South Lot (near the baseball stadium) but the Broyhill Inn no longer exists.
Another old railroad name;
Putnam Drive West still exists in pieces in the Kingsbridge section of the Bronx, even though only the right-of-way of the former Putnam Division of New York Central Railroad (originally the New York and Putnam Railroad) runs along the east side of the street.
Speedway Drive in Taylorsville, NC, named for Southern Thunder Speedway
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Speedway+Dr,+North+Carolina+28681/@35.9112677,-81.2381794,639m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x88513e65a3d61555:0xdc16cad41b0d10e8!8m2!3d35.9091648!4d-81.2376751 (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Speedway+Dr,+North+Carolina+28681/@35.9112677,-81.2381794,639m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x88513e65a3d61555:0xdc16cad41b0d10e8!8m2!3d35.9091648!4d-81.2376751)
Gander Drive near Charlottesville is named for Gander, but it's a Goodwill now.
Quote from: mrcmc888 on November 11, 2021, 10:21:42 PM
Odd one in Newark, DE. I don't know if Chrysler Ave ever reached the plant that closed down in 2008, but regardless, it's still named after that plant.
It is on the far side of the railroad tracks from the former plant's site, but not too far away. There is also a Plymouth Drive a bit to the south from the site.
One common thing in northern New Castle County is for an apartment complex to change names, but the internal street keeps the old name.
There is no longer a Ramada Inn on Ramada Way in Green Bay (Ashwaubenon), WI.
Mike
I see a pattern developing...
Quote from: planxtymcgillicuddy on June 27, 2020, 04:13:47 PM
Also, there is Ramada Drive (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ramada+Rd,+Virginia/@38.9080116,-77.217153,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89b64adfa8c77e5f:0x7287a773b0a28663!8m2!3d38.9080074!4d-77.2149643) at Falls Church, Virginia, even though there is a Westin there now.
Quote from: zzcarp on September 22, 2020, 12:55:25 PM
Ramada Street in Sandusky, Ohio. There used to be a Ramada Inn that (I believe) is now a Days Inn. It's mostly an access to Walmart and an abandoned movie theater.
Quote from: mgk920 on September 22, 2022, 12:58:41 PM
There is no longer a Ramada Inn on Ramada Way in Green Bay (Ashwaubenon), WI.
Quote from: mgk920 on September 22, 2022, 12:58:41 PM
There is no longer a Ramada Inn on Ramada Way in Green Bay (Ashwaubenon), WI.
Mike
Was there ever a Radisson on Radisson St. on Green Bay's east side?
Quote from: SEWIGuy on September 22, 2022, 01:09:07 PM
Was there ever a Radisson on Radisson St. on Green Bay's east side?
Was the street named after the French explorer. Pierre-Esprit Radisson?
Quote from: GaryV on September 22, 2022, 01:53:45 PM
Quote from: SEWIGuy on September 22, 2022, 01:09:07 PM
Was there ever a Radisson on Radisson St. on Green Bay's east side?
Was the street named after the French explorer. Pierre-Esprit Radisson?
Could be. Although he was never in the Green Bay area and it is a pretty non-descript street right off the highway, which is why I thought it was named after a hotel that no longer exists there.
Westinghouse Road in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Westinghouse sold their combustion turbine plant to Siemens, then the plant was run by Turbocare (which appears to have been a joint venture with Siemens at one time), and now the plant is home of a whole bunch of turbine-related industries. All of this is complicated by the fact that if you ask the old-timers about the Westinghouse plant in Winston-Salem, they will send you over to the old Chatham Mills textile complex on Northwest Boulevard and Chatham Road. Indeed, the Westinghouse turbine plant actually has a Rural Hall address.
Quote from: SEWIGuy on September 22, 2022, 02:24:30 PM
Quote from: GaryV on September 22, 2022, 01:53:45 PM
Quote from: SEWIGuy on September 22, 2022, 01:09:07 PM
Was there ever a Radisson on Radisson St. on Green Bay's east side?
Was the street named after the French explorer. Pierre-Esprit Radisson?
Could be. Although he was never in the Green Bay area and it is a pretty non-descript street right off the highway, which is why I thought it was named after a hotel that no longer exists there.
From what I'm reading, Radisson explored the Red Banks area and the Fox River along with Jean Nicolet and Medart Grosellieres (among others).
https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS2400
http://npshistory.com/publications/usfs/region/9/nicolet/history/chap1.htm
Quote from: kphoger on September 22, 2022, 03:11:06 PM
Quote from: SEWIGuy on September 22, 2022, 02:24:30 PM
Quote from: GaryV on September 22, 2022, 01:53:45 PM
Quote from: SEWIGuy on September 22, 2022, 01:09:07 PM
Was there ever a Radisson on Radisson St. on Green Bay's east side?
Was the street named after the French explorer. Pierre-Esprit Radisson?
Could be. Although he was never in the Green Bay area and it is a pretty non-descript street right off the highway, which is why I thought it was named after a hotel that no longer exists there.
From what I'm reading, Radisson explored the Red Banks area and the Fox River along with Jean Nicolet and Medart Grosellieres (among others).
https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS2400
http://npshistory.com/publications/usfs/region/9/nicolet/history/chap1.htm
Well then that's probably it. Thanks for the correction.
I'm thinking he must have started the hotel chain soon after.
The hotel on Marriott Dr in Clarksville, IN, is currently a Radisson and has been a couple other brands since it was a Marriott.
Quote from: SEWIGuy on September 22, 2022, 01:09:07 PM
Quote from: mgk920 on September 22, 2022, 12:58:41 PM
There is no longer a Ramada Inn on Ramada Way in Green Bay (Ashwaubenon), WI.
Mike
Was there ever a Radisson on Radisson St. on Green Bay's east side?
No lodging in that area, so no.
The Buffalo China Factory shut down long ago, but Buffalo China Road still exists.
Holly Farms Road (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Holly+Farms+Rd,+Virginia/@37.2739812,-78.1344702,628m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x89b2310b56988561:0x50d4e64fcf521137!8m2!3d37.275646!4d-78.1758299) in Jetersville, VA. A Tyson chicken hatchery is still there, but Holly Farms no longer exists
Any "Railroad" street name where a line has been removed.
For a long time I thought Grant Smith Road in Coram, New York was named for the W.T. Grant's department store within the Coram Shopping Plaza. The Historic Aerials map of Coram has left me with doubts about that though.
Bemberg Rd here in Elizabethton is named after the abandoned factory in view near the Walmart.
Waterloo, IA, still has a Sears Street and a Penneys Street near Crossroads Mall even though both anchors left that mall during the 2010s.
Marriott Drive in Nashville, TN is named after a Marriott that is no longer a Marriott. The Marriott Nashville Airport was de-flagged and is now a Sonesta. I believe that this de-flag was a part of the move from SVC and Marriott in a dispute over rebate payments. None the less, the property is now a Sonesta and not a Marriott. Therefore the street is named after a business that is no longer there.
https://goo.gl/maps/patygRNupbXGF5K5A
Named for the former Holiday Inn that was on the Car Max lot to the right of the caption.
Dakota Craft Drive in Rapid City, named for a building supply store of the same name. Roth Trucking now owns the old Dakota Craft building.
Centennial Drive, both on and off Ellsworth AFB, named for the base's old Centennial housing area. The land was leased, the lease wasn't renewed, and the neighborhood was reconnected to outside local roads and renamed Antelope Ridge.
I have a very small example in Gwinnett County, GA. Located off of Venture Drive near the I-85/Pleasant Hill Road interchange, is a cul-de-sac street named Day Drive. It so happened that I prepared the roadway and right-of-way plans for this street in 1983-1984. This street was named Day Drive by the developer because a Days Inn was constructed at the end of the cul-de-sac. This hotel has not been a Days Inn for at least 30 years, it is now a Wyndham, and probably remodeled at least once since the hotel was constructed.
Found one today, https://www.google.com/maps/place/451+Daniel+Webster+Hwy,+Bedford,+NH+03110/@42.914326,-71.4597567,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89e24c6229aab407:0x65833facd5e01452!8m2!3d42.9145539!4d-71.4591881
Located here was the now defunct chain Somerville Lumber (https://www.nhcompanyregistry.com/companies/somerville-lumber-and-supply/), that had this location in Bedford NH at the junction of US 3 and Somerville Dr. Looking at historic aerials, Somerville Dr did not exist before the lumber yard did.
Quote from: Avalanchez71 on November 01, 2022, 06:36:54 PM
Marriott Drive in Nashville, TN is named after a Marriott that is no longer a Marriott. The Marriott Nashville Airport was de-flagged and is now a Sonesta. I believe that this de-flag was a part of the move from SVC and Marriott in a dispute over rebate payments. None the less, the property is now a Sonesta and not a Marriott. Therefore the street is named after a business that is no longer there.
A lot of older Residence Inn properties were picked up by Sonesta in the last few years. (https://www.hotelmanagement.net/operate/sonesta-adds-88-hotels-to-portfolio) These were some of my favorite hotels to stay at, but the prices for Residence Inns started escalating out of range, so I get them maybe 1-2 times a year., especially as the Fairfield Inn and Springhill Suites are in the same portfolio and generally cost less, while still serving my wants and needs from a hotel stay.
Many older Residence Inns had an "apartment" style, with detached buildings and plenty of space to spare, sometimes even two floors for the same "room". Many of them became apartment complexes. Some of them were a little out of date, having doors opening to the outside, but you really felt like you really lived in the area...quite a deal for the money. I haven't seen one of these styles of Residence Inns in many years, probably last stayed at one like it 8-9 years ago. My guess is that these properties were like 20-25 years old, and it wasn't worth the upkeep unless you were in a market of timeshare or resort-style properties.
A lot of Sonesta Suites were the apartment block-style hotels, with 2-3 floors and several larger rooms which had kitchenettes and a bedroom (or two), and a decent bit of open living space between the two areas, which doubled as extra living space. These were still generally more space than any one solo traveler or couple needed, though they were great for families. Many of them are still in Marriott's hands, but I'd imagine that they let go of these eventually.
The more modern Residence Inn hotels (built within the last 8 years or so) are predominantly smaller rooms with a kitchenette, and a smaller living room space; basically just a couch. They're a little more fancy and modern, but honestly no different than a half-dozen other sub-brands' hotels. And it's fine, they seem a little classier than the average Hampton/Holiday Inn...But I miss the extra space, mostly because you hear less noises from other rooms and hallways.
Quote from: rellis97 on January 27, 2021, 09:55:06 PM
I'm not sure if this counts, but "Steve Yzerman Dr" runs around the south side of the former Detroit Red Wings hockey arena, Joe Louis Arena in downtown Detroit. Steve Yzerman was captain of the Red Wings and played for the team from 1983 to 2006. However, Joe Louis Arena was recently demolished beginning in the spring of 2019 and was replaced by Little Caesars Arena, the new home of the Detroit Red Wings, on the north end of downtown, at Woodward Avenue (M-1) and the Fisher Freeway (I-75).
Although "Steve Yzerman" was not the name of a business, his name is synonymous with Joe Louis Arena and the Detroit Red Wings.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3254748,-83.0526199,3a,67.1y,100.24h,89t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0UUNtfE29LDjka8MhV40xw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
and correct me if i am wrong, but also in Detroit, wasn't Cochrane St. near the former site of Tiger Stadium named for the Tiger manager from the 1930s?
After running an errand there this week, reminded me to post this here:
Not an exact match, but Walton Dr in Wadesboro, NC has been left without a Walmart since COVID shut everything down and they left town.
How many places have a 'Railroad St' where the railroad is long gone?
Mike
Quote from: mgk920 on April 22, 2023, 11:56:00 AM
How many places have a 'Railroad St' where the railroad is long gone?
Mike
No Railroad Street, but Boone, NC has a Depot Street from when the ET&WNC ran there.
Not a business but related, there is Exit 86 on I-20/I-59 in Alabama between Tuscaloosa and the Mercedes-Benz plant that is labeled Brookwood/Vance, and the sign on the overpass says "Covered Bridge Road", but the covered bridge has been gone since 1962.
Quote from: index on April 23, 2023, 06:19:10 PM
No Railroad Street, but Boone, NC has a Depot Street from when the ET&WNC ran there.
But you are not all that far away. There is a Railroad Street in Newland, another nod to the old Tweetsie.
^^^
Abd further up the old Tweetsie, a Railroad Street in Hampton, Tennessee.
Marriott Drive Clarksville, IN The 9-story hotel on Marriott Drive, originally was a Marriott before I was born. Then it was a Holiday Inn for about 20 years, and a Radisson last I visited 3 years ago.
Quote from: mgk920 on April 22, 2023, 11:56:00 AM
How many places have a 'Railroad St' where the railroad is long gone?
Mike
Rail Street in Negaunee is the former railroad ROW and runs past one depot and ends at the other.
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Quote from: Max Rockatansky on July 02, 2016, 12:14:32 AM
Desert Inn Road in Las Vegas was named after the old hotel. I'm sure if you look up a lot of Old Vegas Casinos there are plenty of examples.
Here are some other examples of former casino properties that still have streets named for them:
Sahara Ave (originally San Francisco Ave before being renamed for the hotel/casino in 1960): The Sahara closed in 2011, reopened as the SLS in 2014. Sahara Ave is a major east/west arterial now, spanning the entire Las Vegas Valley, so unlikely to ever be renamed.
Sands Ave: Named for the Sands Hotel & Casino, which has long since been superceded by The Venetian. However, the original Sands Expo Center still exists. This is a shorter east/west arterial segment transitioning between Twain Ave and Spring Mountain Road alignments.
Riviera Blvd: The Riviera closed within the last year or so, and it's site will become part of the convention center. The roadway runs along the former casino property.
Hacienda Ave: This small property was the southernmost resort on the Strip, the first people would see coming in from LA. It also had its own eponymously-named airline that was used to being in visitors. The site is now part of Mandalay Bay. Hacienda Ave is a minor east/west arterial spanning a good chunk of the valley.
Dunes-Flamingo Road: This was a short stretch of Flamingo Road between I-15 and Las Vegas Blvd (actually signed as such from I-15 in the late 80s). Pretty sure the Dunes part of the name was dropped in the early 90s, possibly even before the Dunes was imploded to make way for the Bellagio. Of course, the Flamingo still exists (but no longer part of the Hilton chain).
Updating my post from a couple years ago:
- The SLS Hotel/Casino has been sold and renamed back to Sahara, so Sahara Ave now has its namesake business back.
- In conjunction with the Las Vegas Convention Center expansion to the former Riviera Hotel/Casino site, the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority successfully sought to rename Riviera Blvd as Elvis Presley Blvd a few years ago.
And not exactly a street and more of a driveway, but this backlit street name sign for Park Lane Mall (https://goo.gl/maps/ZRzNuhnkFszFhyQEA) still exists in Reno, NV, despite Park Lane Mall closing in 2007 and most of the mall building having been demolished by 2008. The site is currently being redeveloped into a major mixed-use development with a new name, so this street name sign is likely to be changed out in the not-too-distant future.
Updating to note that the short street leading to the parking garage at the Virgin Hotel in Las Vegas is still signed as Hard Rock.
Lucent Lane in Naperville IL, where once was Lucent Technologies, now part of Nokia. Originally, the facility was Bell Labs, part of "Ma Bell" aka AT&T.
Zenith Drive is still in Glenview, even after Abt Appliance and Electronics store built an expansion warehouse. Former Zenith, then Aon, office building sat and was demolished. It caused gaper's blocks on I-294.
Quote from: mgk920 on April 22, 2023, 11:56:00 AM
How many places have a 'Railroad St' where the railroad is long gone?
Mike
There is a whole town (well, it's an "unincorporated entity", but it has highway signs at exits and everything) in New Jersey called Cranbury Station whose namesake station has not been around since at least the 1960s.
There is a Mall Road in Frackville, PA which served the Schuylkill Mall. The mall has been demolished and replaced with warehouses.
Drane Field Road in Lakeland, FL. Though some may argue that Lakeland Linder Airport is successor to the original Drane Field Airport, it's still a business that don't exist anymore.
TV Road in Quinby, SC (exit off I-95). Used to be where CBS in Florence/Myrtle Beach, WBTW had their studios, but they have long since moved to Myrtle Beach.
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Just drove past one yesterday: Old Chicago Drive, in Bolingbrook, IL.
Quote from: Sctvhound on June 05, 2023, 02:30:34 PM
TV Road in Quinby, SC (exit off I-95). Used to be where CBS in Florence/Myrtle Beach, WBTW had their studios, but they have long since moved to Myrtle Beach.
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Was wondering where they came up with that name. Seen it every time I drove through Florence on I-95.
The portion of Camden County New Jersey CR 644 known as Haddonfield Road, is occasionally signed Haddonfield-Sorrell Horse Road, e.g. here: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.964576,-75.0244155,3a,75y,58.08h,83.8t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sWW57I0JFXex4o1xrLbpgCg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu. It's named after the Sorrel Horse Tavern (note the difference in spelling, though) which existed at the terminus of said road at US 130 into the 1950s or 1960s.
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/69gAAOSwVrNfv9ii/s-l1600.jpg)
This was pretty hard to track down, what with the different spellings not matching and the dearth of acknowledgement that the road even has that name.
Part of Forbes Road near Plant City, FL is named Branch Forbes Road for a defunct restaurant that was along it called The Branch Ranch Dining Room.
In Metairie, LA (suburb of New Orleans) the main Jefferson Parish library was on 13th Street many years ago, and the street was renamed Melvil Dewey Drive (after the founder of the Dewey decimal system). The main library was moved to a newly-built complex a couple of miles away on a different street about 25 years ago, but the Melvil Dewey street name remains as the only non-numerical street name in the area.
Quote from: rlb2024 on June 08, 2023, 07:34:45 PM
In Metairie, LA (suburb of New Orleans) the main Jefferson Parish library was on 13th Street many years ago, and the street was renamed Melvil Dewey Drive (after the founder of the Dewey decimal system). The main library was moved to a newly-built complex a couple of miles away on a different street about 25 years ago, but the Melvil Dewey street name remains as the only non-numerical street name in the area.
It would have also had to have been numbered in the 725.3 range, which would have thrown things off.
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Quote from: rlb2024 on June 08, 2023, 07:34:45 PM
In Metairie, LA (suburb of New Orleans) the main Jefferson Parish library was on 13th Street many years ago, and the street was renamed Melvil Dewey Drive (after the founder of the Dewey decimal system). The main library was moved to a newly-built complex a couple of miles away on a different street about 25 years ago, but the Melvil Dewey street name remains as the only non-numerical street name in the area.
It would have also had to have been numbered in the 725.3 range, which would have thrown things off.
725.3rd Street?
How about streets named for railroad lines that don't exist?
I mentioned Pennsylvania Avenue in Linden, NJ already but there are countless examples of that nationwide.
In Atmore, AL you have a Louisville Ave. and a Nashville Ave. on both sides of the CSX tracks. Both named after the defunct Louisville and Nashville Railroad that now got absorbed into the mighty CSX that that CSX branch was part of.
I'm sure they are in many other cities.
Quote from: roadman65 on July 09, 2023, 05:16:41 PM
How about streets named for railroad lines that don't exist?
I mentioned Pennsylvania Avenue in Linden, NJ already but there are countless examples of that nationwide.
In Atmore, AL you have a Louisville Ave. and a Nashville Ave. on both sides of the CSX tracks. Both named after the defunct Louisville and Nashville Railroad that now got absorbed into the mighty CSX that that CSX branch was part of.
I'm sure they are in many other cities.
There are Monon Streets in several towns in Indiana but the Monon railroad hasn't existed for quite a while.
CA 17 is a freeway through Scotts Valley, CA, north of Santa Cruz, and has a exit to Santas Village Drive. However Santa's Village has been gone since the 70s or 80s and is now the site of a business plaza but otherwise doesn't go anywhere else besides a couple roads.
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Quote from: rlb2024 on June 08, 2023, 07:34:45 PM
In Metairie, LA (suburb of New Orleans) the main Jefferson Parish library was on 13th Street many years ago, and the street was renamed Melvil Dewey Drive (after the founder of the Dewey decimal system). The main library was moved to a newly-built complex a couple of miles away on a different street about 25 years ago, but the Melvil Dewey street name remains as the only non-numerical street name in the area.
It would have also had to have been numbered in the 725.3 range, which would have thrown things off.
725.3rd Street?
I'm surprised someone hasn't tried a full-scale renumbering in Fictional using the Dewey Decimal system.
I-95 CT exit 35 is signed "Sub Way - Bic Dr - Schoolhouse Rd". Those are names of different parts of one continuous road. "Sub Way" is the part near the world headquarters of the Subway sandwich chain, which is in the process of moving to nearby Shelton. It's my understanding that the city of Milford will keep the Sub Way name so as not to inconvenience other businesses on it with an address change. The Bic corporate facility is still on Bic Drive.
Also, the school house is long gone. :)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/53526389209
Road still named after Purina that hasn't been there in ages.
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Desert Inn Road in Las Vegas was named after the old hotel. I'm sure if you look up a lot of Old Vegas Casinos there are plenty of examples.
Here are some other examples of former casino properties that still have streets named for them:
Sahara Ave (originally San Francisco Ave before being renamed for the hotel/casino in 1960): The Sahara closed in 2011, reopened as the SLS in 2014. Sahara Ave is a major east/west arterial now, spanning the entire Las Vegas Valley, so unlikely to ever be renamed.
Sands Ave: Named for the Sands Hotel & Casino, which has long since been superceded by The Venetian. However, the original Sands Expo Center still exists. This is a shorter east/west arterial segment transitioning between Twain Ave and Spring Mountain Road alignments.
Riviera Blvd: The Riviera closed within the last year or so, and it's site will become part of the convention center. The roadway runs along the former casino property.
Hacienda Ave: This small property was the southernmost resort on the Strip, the first people would see coming in from LA. It also had its own eponymously-named airline that was used to being in visitors. The site is now part of Mandalay Bay. Hacienda Ave is a minor east/west arterial spanning a good chunk of the valley.
Dunes-Flamingo Road: This was a short stretch of Flamingo Road between I-15 and Las Vegas Blvd (actually signed as such from I-15 in the late 80s). Pretty sure the Dunes part of the name was dropped in the early 90s, possibly even before the Dunes was imploded to make way for the Bellagio. Of course, the Flamingo still exists (but no longer part of the Hilton chain).
Updating my post from a couple years ago:
- The SLS Hotel/Casino has been sold and renamed back to Sahara, so Sahara Ave now has its namesake business back.
- In conjunction with the Las Vegas Convention Center expansion to the former Riviera Hotel/Casino site, the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority successfully sought to rename Riviera Blvd as Elvis Presley Blvd a few years ago.
And not exactly a street and more of a driveway, but this backlit street name sign for Park Lane Mall (https://goo.gl/maps/ZRzNuhnkFszFhyQEA) still exists in Reno, NV, despite Park Lane Mall closing in 2007 and most of the mall building having been demolished by 2008. The site is currently being redeveloped into a major mixed-use development with a new name, so this street name sign is likely to be changed out in the not-too-distant future.
Updating to note that the short street leading to the parking garage at the Virgin Hotel in Las Vegas is still signed as Hard Rock.
A scan of the 1982 LV Map:
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=24408.0
Slightly off-topic to the thread, but on-topic to the post with regard to the street names in Las Vegas after hotels.
Tropicana Ave is still named for the Tropicana hotel, but I have read reports that the new baseball stadium for the A's will likely remove the Tropicana hotel. Parts of it were originally named Bond Road.
In the early 1980's, I remember that Dunes Road as being the section of Flamingo between LV Blvd and I-15. At the time, there was no bridge over the railroad, so there was no way to connect to Flamingo Road west of the freeway. When the bridge was completed and after the Dunes came down, the road was known only as Flamingo. In the very old days, part of this street was originally named Monson Road.
THere was also a Keno Ave (named after a radio station) which became Circus Circus Drive and a Desert Inn Road, also after hotels that are no longer with us. I have no idea what Desert Inn's original name was. Does anyone know, or was there no street at all there before the Desert Inn hotel was founded?
There was also a Stardust Road that seems to have been eliminated when the Desert Inn super connector was built.
Elvis Presley Blvd was once Riviera Blvd was once Race Track Road. The LV Convention Center now sits at the site of the old race track.
A small part of Hacienda was originally Ely Ave. (just east of Maryland Parkway)
A 1957 map can be found here:
https://special.library.unlv.edu/node/297047
Quote from: mrsman on February 23, 2024, 12:47:31 PM
Tropicana Ave is still named for the Tropicana hotel, but I have read reports that the new baseball stadium for the A's will likely remove the Tropicana hotel. Parts of it were originally named Bond Road.
The Tropicana's last day of business is April 2, so Tropicana Avenue will join Desert Inn and Hacienda on this list as of that date.
Quote from: Phoenix1867 on May 04, 2023, 05:30:24 PM
Marriott Drive Clarksville, IN The 9-story hotel on Marriott Drive, originally was a Marriott before I was born. Then it was a Holiday Inn for about 20 years, and a Radisson last I visited 3 years ago.
Marriott Drive in Nashville as well. The Marriott became a Sonesta a few years ago. It was Nashville's first Marriott, opened in the early 80's.
Quote from: Scott5114 on February 23, 2024, 06:51:39 PM
Quote from: mrsman on February 23, 2024, 12:47:31 PM
Tropicana Ave is still named for the Tropicana hotel, but I have read reports that the new baseball stadium for the A's will likely remove the Tropicana hotel. Parts of it were originally named Bond Road.
The Tropicana's last day of business is April 2, so Tropicana Avenue will join Desert Inn and Hacienda on this list as of that date.
So much for Bugsy.
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Quote from: Scott5114 on February 23, 2024, 06:51:39 PM
Quote from: mrsman on February 23, 2024, 12:47:31 PM
Tropicana Ave is still named for the Tropicana hotel, but I have read reports that the new baseball stadium for the A's will likely remove the Tropicana hotel. Parts of it were originally named Bond Road.
The Tropicana's last day of business is April 2, so Tropicana Avenue will join Desert Inn and Hacienda on this list as of that date.
So much for Bugsy.
He did get memorialized in an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, so that's something.
I know it's a nickname rather than an official name, but Al-Jo's Curve on I-295 Southbound is named after a business that no longer exists, Al-Jo's.
Willys Pkwy, Jeep Pwky, and Wranger Dr in Toledo, at the site of the old plant.