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By: Green CP

Green CP — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:05:23 +0000

What do you mean, “with the exception of ‘Road Street’”? That’s without question the best of the bunch! Pure genius.

It’s opposite is located north of Philadelphia, off I-95:
“Street Road.”

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By: Matt Steinglass

Matt Steinglass — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:21:17 +0000

What do you mean, “with the exception of ‘Road Street’”? That’s without question the best of the bunch! Pure genius.

I have to say, I like this idea a lot, and as someone who grew up in DC, I don’t think the impracticality of the change should stand in its way. These historical flourishes are very important in building an area’s historical character, and among the most undervalued aspects in the cultivation of local pride is the sheer nativist cussedness of people who know the local rules lording it over people who don’t. Learning the correct pronunciation of “Houston St.” is an immigrant ritual in New York, as is understanding that Hudson St. is 8th Avenue; there’s no good reason why it is, it just is. DC should have more of this pure local dialect, and putting up some indication of the old local street names in Georgetown is a small shift in the right direction.

By: jkc

jkc — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:36:46 +0000

with the exception of Road Street, i like it! this could add some nice flavor for history buffs…

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Why Not: Allow Some Streets to Revert to Cobblestones? « — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:35:23 +0000

[...] week we asked why not switch back to the old Georgetown street names; this week GM stays on the nostalgic side of our streets and asks: Why not allow some of the [...]

By: DG-rad

DG-rad — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:22:59 +0000

found the perfect solution in Lawrence, Kansas:

http://anacostianow.blogspot.com/2009/01/lessons-from-lawrence.html

By: GM

GM — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:18:04 +0000

I didn’t know that Ledroit Park did something like that. I’ll have to stay on the G2 sometime and check it out.

By: IMGoph

IMGoph — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:58:27 +0000

come to ledroit park, and you can see examples of signage noting the old names of streets already installed!

ledroit’s street names were different before being integrated into the city grid as well, and some streets have the old names noted as well.