“The street was laid out to run through property owned by Paul Oliver and thus received his name.” Odd NYC streets: http://forgotten-ny.com/2017/10/streets-shouldnt-names …
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“1st Court shows up on Brooklyn maps by the late 1920s. Perhaps, to the builders, it was so perfect that no other needed to be built.”
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Part 2 here: http://forgotten-ny.com/2017/10/streets-shouldnt-names-part-2/ … I could read about this kind of stuff all day.
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“In southwest Brooklyn, as we’ll see, there are a number of streets called Bay this or that, Ridge this or that, or Bay Ridge this or that.”
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Replying to @mwichary
Why are you researching Eastern US street names? Don’t you have a book about keyboards to write?
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I wrote 4,500 words today. There’s only so much that can come out in a day. ^_^
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Don’t make streets feel sad! They’re people, too.
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