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Re: Themed street names
« Reply #275 on: March 27, 2022, 07:24:19 AM »

Hollywood, Florida uses a presidential theme on its east-west Streets beginning with Washington and ending with Coolidge.  The city's gridiron was laid out in the 1920's.

This pattern covers all presidents between Washington and Coolidge.  [No entry for JQA, but an entry for John Adams - no entry for Ben Harrison, but an entry for WH Harrison] Is there another presidential pattern somewhere that reaches more presidents, inclusive and in order?
Going west from Federal Avenue, Mason City gets up to Eisenhower Avenue (all of them are Avenues) but Teddy Roosevelt inexplicably gets skipped, JQ Adams is Quincy, Benjamin Harrison is Benjamin and Grover Cleveland is Grover. I don't think there is Truman, either.

Going east from Federal are Avenues named for states in order of admission to the union, but it's just Carolina Avenue. New Hampshire, New York and New Jersey get the New removed. I believe there are a bunch of missing states between Illinois Avenue and Iowa Avenue, which happens to be a minor street on the east edge of town, then there's California Avenue and that's it.

My personal favorite theme is in the Westmont subdivision in Sarpy County, Nebraska, they got streets named for the Mercury Seven.
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Re: Themed street names
« Reply #276 on: October 02, 2022, 10:40:53 PM »

In the Cloverleaf section of east Houston (NW corner of I-10 and the Sam Houston Tollway/Beltway 8), many of the east-west streets, running parallel to I-10, are named for various small and mid-sized cities in Texas, listed from north to south (the street names, that is, not the cities themselves): Gainesville, Longview, Texarkana, Eagle Pass, Victoria, Corpus Christi, Brownsville, Laredo, Hillsboro, Waxahachie, Brownwood, Greenville, Bandera, and Bonham.
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Re: Themed street names
« Reply #277 on: October 03, 2022, 09:39:21 AM »

In Buffalo, NY, there are various streets named after states (Rhode Island, Delaware, Michigan, Vermont, Ohio, etc.) and after large US Cities (Fargo, Lexington, Chicago, Baltimore, etc.). They're sort of randomly scattered in amongst other streets throughout the neighborhoods south and west of downtown.

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« Reply #278 on: October 03, 2022, 10:42:36 AM »

Not sure if this has already been mentioned, but Fitzgerald, GA, has several interesting street patterns. It was founded as a planned city for Civil War veterans, so all the streets in the central area were named at the same time. (Disclaimer: I've never been there, only found it through random Google Mapping.)

Fitzgerald's origins explain why there are 7 north-south streets east of Main named for Union generals, starting with Grant St (the southbound lanes of US 129) and 7 north-south streets west of Main named for Confederate generals, starting with Lee St.

8 blocks east of Main (on the Union side) is Monitor Dr, and 8 blocks west (on the Confederate side) is Merrimack Dr, named for the most famous ironclad ship on each side in the Civil War.

East-west streets south of Central Ave are named for trees, and east-west streets north of Central Ave are named for local rivers, most of which have Native American names (Ocmulgee Ave, Altamaha Ave, Chattahoochee Ave, Suwannee Ave, etc.).

8 blocks north of Central (on the river side) is Sultana Dr, and 8 blocks south (on the tree side) is Roanoke Dr. These seem a bit random, but Wikipedia tells me they are also ships - the Sultana was a cotton freighter that exploded in 1865 while carrying released Union prisoners, causing the worst disaster in American maritime history, and the Roanoke was another Union ironclad.

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Re: Themed street names
« Reply #279 on: October 23, 2022, 02:54:32 PM »

Regarding the naming of streets after presidents – there is a new subdivision the next town over that manages to do it alphabetically!

Adams

Buchanan

Coolidge

Delano

Eisenhower

Ford

Garfield

That's where it ends. I guess Harrison (both iterations) would be next. Followed by Johnson (twice as well), than Kennedy, Lincoln and a rock-paper-scissors among Madison, Monroe, Millard, McKinley and Milhous.

No I's unless you wanted to double up with an Ike.
Where is the subdivision in question?
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Re: Themed street names
« Reply #280 on: October 23, 2022, 09:37:20 PM »

I didn't scroll through all 12 pages so I apologize if this has already been mentioned, but there's this neighbourhood in Toronto that has "Ben" as the theme. Named "Ben Jungle".

https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Ben+Jungle,+Toronto,+ON



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Re: Themed street names
« Reply #281 on: October 23, 2022, 09:57:18 PM »

Regarding the naming of streets after presidents – there is a new subdivision the next town over that manages to do it alphabetically!

Adams

Buchanan

Coolidge

Delano

Eisenhower

Ford

Garfield

That's where it ends. I guess Harrison (both iterations) would be next. Followed by Johnson (twice as well), than Kennedy, Lincoln and a rock-paper-scissors among Madison, Monroe, Millard, McKinley and Milhous.

No I's unless you wanted to double up with an Ike.
Where is the subdivision in question?

Not OP, but it’s in Celina, Texas with the coordinates (33.3126760, -96.6655886)

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Re: Themed street names
« Reply #282 on: October 23, 2022, 11:48:53 PM »

Regarding the naming of streets after presidents – there is a new subdivision the next town over that manages to do it alphabetically!

Adams

Buchanan

Coolidge

Delano

Eisenhower

Ford

Garfield

That's where it ends. I guess Harrison (both iterations) would be next. Followed by Johnson (twice as well), than Kennedy, Lincoln and a rock-paper-scissors among Madison, Monroe, Millard, McKinley and Milhous.

No I's unless you wanted to double up with an Ike.
Where is the subdivision in question?

Not OP, but it’s in Celina, Texas with the coordinates (33.3126760, -96.6655886)
Celina address but technically in the city of Weston. The subdivision is Van Buren Estates.
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Re: Themed street names
« Reply #283 on: October 24, 2022, 10:24:00 AM »

Regarding the naming of streets after presidents – there is a new subdivision the next town over that manages to do it alphabetically!

Adams

Buchanan

Coolidge

Delano

Eisenhower

Ford

Garfield

That's where it ends. I guess Harrison (both iterations) would be next. Followed by Johnson (twice as well), than Kennedy, Lincoln and a rock-paper-scissors among Madison, Monroe, Millard, McKinley and Milhous.

No I's unless you wanted to double up with an Ike.
Where is the subdivision in question?

Not OP, but it’s in Celina, Texas with the coordinates (33.3126760, -96.6655886)
Celina address but technically in the city of Weston. The subdivision is Van Buren Estates.
Glad to see South Carolina isn't the only place with the postal address being one town and being incorporated within another  :-D

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Re: Themed street names
« Reply #284 on: October 24, 2022, 10:47:14 AM »

Regarding the naming of streets after presidents – there is a new subdivision the next town over that manages to do it alphabetically!

Adams

Buchanan

Coolidge

Delano

Eisenhower

Ford

Garfield

That's where it ends. I guess Harrison (both iterations) would be next. Followed by Johnson (twice as well), than Kennedy, Lincoln and a rock-paper-scissors among Madison, Monroe, Millard, McKinley and Milhous.

No I's unless you wanted to double up with an Ike.
Where is the subdivision in question?

Not OP, but it’s in Celina, Texas with the coordinates (33.3126760, -96.6655886)
Celina address but technically in the city of Weston. The subdivision is Van Buren Estates.
Glad to see South Carolina isn't the only place with the postal address being one town and being incorporated within another  :-D

Also, here in City of Appleton, WI (54915) there is a street (Schindler Pl, it's just NW of the US 10/WI 441/Oneida St interchange) where there are a couple of apartment buildings that are served by the Menasha, WI (54952) Post Office.  It is really fun at election time.

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Re: Themed street names
« Reply #285 on: October 24, 2022, 02:45:31 PM »

Regarding the naming of streets after presidents – there is a new subdivision the next town over that manages to do it alphabetically!

Adams

Buchanan

Coolidge

Delano

Eisenhower

Ford

Garfield

That's where it ends. I guess Harrison (both iterations) would be next. Followed by Johnson (twice as well), than Kennedy, Lincoln and a rock-paper-scissors among Madison, Monroe, Millard, McKinley and Milhous.

No I's unless you wanted to double up with an Ike.
Where is the subdivision in question?

Not OP, but it’s in Celina, Texas with the coordinates (33.3126760, -96.6655886)
Celina address but technically in the city of Weston. The subdivision is Van Buren Estates.
Glad to see South Carolina isn't the only place with the postal address being one town and being incorporated within another  :-D


You should see the "lake country" of Waukesha, WI.  I have a friend who lives in the Town of Delafield, but his mailing address is Pewaukee and his kids are in the Hartland school district.
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Re: Themed street names
« Reply #286 on: October 24, 2022, 04:26:41 PM »

I know someone with a Freeland address, Freeland phone number and Hemlock schools and they live in Midland County. Freeland is in Saginaw County, so is Hemlock and both have their own school districts.
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Re: Themed street names
« Reply #287 on: October 16, 2023, 03:58:31 PM »

I didn't look at all the earlier posts, but I would be very surprised if this was mentioned.

Near me in Olney, MD there are a bunch of streets with Beatles-related names:

Quarrymen Terrace
Birthday Court
St. George Way/Court
St. Albert Drive/Terrace
Epstein Court
Abbey Manor Terrace/Drive
Starkey Drive/Terrace
Silver Hammer Way
Sutcliff Terrace

George is for George Harrison
Albert for the Paul McCartney song "Uncle Albert"
Sutcliff is missing an "e', should be Sutcliffe IIRC (Stuart Sutcliffe)

Hopefully the rest are more obvious.
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Re: Themed street names
« Reply #288 on: October 24, 2023, 11:30:55 AM »

I didn't scroll through all 12 pages so I apologize if this has already been mentioned, but there's this neighbourhood in Toronto that has "Ben" as the theme. Named "Ben Jungle".

https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Ben+Jungle,+Toronto,+ON





Welcome to the jungle,
We've got Ben and Ben.
We've got everything you want,
As long as it starts with Ben.
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« Reply #289 on: October 24, 2023, 11:54:08 AM »

Several neighborhoods in Raleigh have themed names - two near my first house there were Winnie-the-Pooh and the Beatles.
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« Reply #290 on: October 24, 2023, 12:52:54 PM »

Several neighborhoods in Raleigh have themed names - two near my first house there were Winnie-the-Pooh and the Beatles.
Winnie-the-Pooh? :confused:  I have never come across Pooh-themed streets, and I imagined lots of them when I was about 5 years old. Where are the Pooh streets?
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« Reply #291 on: October 24, 2023, 01:56:21 PM »

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Re: Themed street names
« Reply #292 on: October 25, 2023, 03:01:53 AM »

While browsing maps around Communist China and its infamous departure from reality, I noticed several areas in which road names started with the same character. Now I cannot remember more exact details.
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Re: Themed street names
« Reply #293 on: October 25, 2023, 12:49:48 PM »

I didn't look at all the earlier posts, but I would be very surprised if this was mentioned.

Near me in Olney, MD there are a bunch of streets with Beatles-related names:

Quarrymen Terrace
Birthday Court
St. George Way/Court
St. Albert Drive/Terrace
Epstein Court
Abbey Manor Terrace/Drive
Starkey Drive/Terrace
Silver Hammer Way
Sutcliff Terrace

George is for George Harrison
Albert for the Paul McCartney song "Uncle Albert"
Sutcliff is missing an "e', should be Sutcliffe IIRC (Stuart Sutcliffe)

Hopefully the rest are more obvious.

There's a subdivision on the southeast side of Madison with a similar theme.
Yesterday Drive
Hey Jude Lane
Imagine Street
Honeypie Drive
Day Tripper Drive
And of course, Penny Lane
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Re: Themed street names
« Reply #294 on: October 25, 2023, 02:36:13 PM »

I didn't look at all the earlier posts, but I would be very surprised if this was mentioned.

Near me in Olney, MD there are a bunch of streets with Beatles-related names:

Quarrymen Terrace
Birthday Court
St. George Way/Court
St. Albert Drive/Terrace
Epstein Court
Abbey Manor Terrace/Drive
Starkey Drive/Terrace
Silver Hammer Way
Sutcliff Terrace

George is for George Harrison
Albert for the Paul McCartney song "Uncle Albert"
Sutcliff is missing an "e', should be Sutcliffe IIRC (Stuart Sutcliffe)

Hopefully the rest are more obvious.

There's a subdivision on the southeast side of Madison with a similar theme.
Yesterday Drive
Hey Jude Lane
Imagine Street
Honeypie Drive
Day Tripper Drive
And of course, Penny Lane

The ones in Maryland at least look like passable street names.  The Madison names are just obnoxious.
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« Reply #295 on: November 09, 2023, 03:30:48 PM »

random neighborhood in Fishers, IN streets named after nfl teams: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9751581,-85.9519361,16.5z
Perhaps it's time to rename Redskins Ave.
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« Reply #296 on: November 10, 2023, 03:54:58 AM »

I know someone with a Freeland address, Freeland phone number and Hemlock schools and they live in Midland County. Freeland is in Saginaw County, so is Hemlock and both have their own school districts.
Let me blow your mind: There is a high school (Braswell) located in the city limits of Little Elm that is in Denton ISD, has an Aubrey mailing address and a Prosper phone number. And the main newspaper that covers them is in Pilot Point.
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« Reply #297 on: November 10, 2023, 05:31:18 AM »

Perhaps it's time to rename Redskins Ave.

First it should be Football Team Ave. for two years :sombrero:.
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« Reply #298 on: November 10, 2023, 11:49:28 AM »

Philadelphia generally has north-south streets with numbers, and there are some clusters of east-west streets.  Names for east-west streets are as follows:
- downtown, trees (from north to south, these are Chestnut, Walnut, Locust, Spruce, Pine.  Historically, also, Race, Arch, and South were Sassafras, Mulberry, and Cedar.  West Philly has in addition Osage and Larchwood, and has kept Cedar.)
- South Philly: governors of Pennsylvania, in chronological order, with some omissions (and, inexplicably, Oregon Avenue)
- North Philly: counties of Pennsylvania, and I have no idea why they picked the ones they did.

The South Philly group is the least obvious because nobody knows their Pennsylvania governors from the nineteenth century.
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« Reply #299 on: November 10, 2023, 12:13:31 PM »

Perhaps it's time to rename Redskins Ave.

First it should be Football Team Ave. for two years :sombrero:.

I checked the map, that development doesn't even have  street with such a name.  They don't even have a street named for the local Colts.

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