Street Names

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Revision as of 15:47, 18 January 2007

Ever wonder how some streets came to be named what they were? In many cases, streets were named for the property owner or for a member of their family.

Many street names were lost forever in 1906 when the city of Cleveland decided to rename all north-south running streets with numbers.

Old Version vs New Version:

Botany Avenue - Between W.14th St. and W.16th St.

Bridgeview Avenue - West 23rd St. (south of Denison Ave)

Clayton Avenue - South of Denison Ave

Denison Avenue

Doering Court - South of Denison Ave

Elvira Alley - North of Denison Ave (between W14th and W13th)

Fern Court

Forest St. - Forestdale Avenue

Foster St. - West 14th St. (between Redman Ave and Denison Ave)

Gertie St. - West 15th St. (north of Denison Ave)

Grand Army Court - Garden Avenue

Grandview St. - West 22nd St. (south of Kenneth Ave)

Hapgood St. - West 16th St. (south of Denison Ave)

Hazelwood St. - West 20th St. (south of Denison Ave)

Howard St. - West 17th St. (south of Denison Ave)

Hurley Avenue - South of Denison Ave

Jennings Avenue

Kenneth Avenue - South of Denison Ave

LaSalle St. - West 18th St. (south of Denison Ave)

Lookout St. - West 13th St. (between Redman Ave and Denison Ave)

Lyle Court - West 22nd Place (north of Denison Ave)

Park Place - West 18th St. (north of Denison Ave)

Pearl St. - West 25th Street.

Petty St. - West 15th St. (between Denison Ave and Botany Ave.)

Pixley Court - West 21st St. (south of Denison Ave)

Pixley St. - West 19th St. (south of Denison Ave)

Redman Avenue - Between W.13th St. and W.15th St.

Selzer Avenue - Between W.21st St. and W.25th St.

Terrace St. - Willowdale Avenue

Wieland St. - West 24th St. (between Denison Ave and Seltzer Ave.)

For specific rules for street naming, see Cleveland city code - Section 305

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