City Streets
How Forest Home Became An Avenue
First an Indian trail, then Janesville Plank Rd., then came a cemetery for 28 mayors.
Jul 24th, 2018 by Carl Baehr
Why Two Streets Named Washington?
The great street name purge of 1920s left in place the duplication of Washington names.
Jul 11th, 2018 by Carl Baehr
Mitchell Street, Town’s Most Popular Name?
Mitchell Park, Boulevard, airport, etc., all named after one family.
Jun 22nd, 2018 by Carl Baehr
Elliott Circle Is A Unique Oddity
City’s only full-circle street near 58th and North has pie-shaped lots, oddly numbered addresses.
Mar 6th, 2017 by Carl Baehr
The Dreadful Legacy of Charles Nash
His greed led to the horrible Newhall House fire. Yet a street still bears his name.
Feb 16th, 2017 by Carl Baehr
Meinecke Paid For Street Named After Him
The lasting legacy of toy importer and German immigrant Adolph Meinecke.
Feb 2nd, 2017 by Carl Baehr
Runaway Horses Plagued Vliet Street
Killing and injuring many in the 19th century. Then the streetcar arrived.
Jan 24th, 2017 by Carl Baehr
The Barons of Bay View
Wealthy businessmen Stephen Clement and Eber Ward founded Bay View, named many streets.
Jan 5th, 2017 by Carl Baehr
Auer Ave. Honors Eugenics Champion
Louis Auer did all he could to promote more births by the “superior” races.
Dec 15th, 2016 by Carl Baehr
Villard Ave. Salutes City’s Transit History
So does Aldrich St. But these were two wildly different transportation companies.
Dec 1st, 2016 by Carl Baehr
Why Such Strange Names?
Falling Heath? Fairy Chasm? Port Sunlight? A short history of town’s oddest names.
Nov 17th, 2016 by Carl Baehr
Center St. Actually Named After a Person
It was never the center of anything, but named after man who devised the “straight cut.”
Nov 3rd, 2016 by Carl Baehr
