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Old 10-18-2012, 11:54 AM
 
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I like last names only as well.
It's far more elegant and sophisticated, not to mention less burdensome on businesses, and less confusing for tourists, emergency vehicles and delivery services.
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Old 10-18-2012, 12:02 PM
 
Location: Atlanta
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Better yet, just "Williams Drive." There are hundreds of streets named after people, but this recent fad of using middle names and initials and Jr. and Sr. is just ridiculous and way too cumbersome.

It's also highly disrespectful of the person being honored. Do people think that unless you include the first name and middle initial people would not know who Hosea Williams is? "You mean the Hosea L. Williams? I thought this street was named in honor of Joe Bob Williams who used to have that tomato stand out in Duluth, or maybe his brother."

For Pete's sake.

Totally agree. The airport is another example of naming ridiculousness. Why can't they pick one name (first or last) and stick with it?

It gets better: on my way to work, after crossing over Boulevard, I go past Hilliard St, then Hill St, then Jesse Hill Jr. Drive. Hill Street and Jesse Hill Jr. Drive do in fact intersect a few blocks north. Fun!

I think Hosea L Williams Drive should have just been named Hosea. Williams is very common, but Hosea is unique.
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Old 10-18-2012, 12:04 PM
 
Location: Atlanta, GA (Dunwoody)
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Yeah, but will anyone remember who they were named for 50 years from now? Jimmy Carter? Sure. MLK? Most assuredly, but probably not others. I personally am opposed to naming things after people who are still alive. As Birmingham discovered with Richard Scrushy Parkway. Those things can turn on you in an ugly way.
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Old 10-18-2012, 12:05 PM
 
Location: Atlanta, GA (Dunwoody)
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Totally agree. The airport is another example of naming ridiculousness. Why can't they pick one name (first or last) and stick with it?

It gets better: on my way to work, after crossing over Boulevard, I go past Hilliard St, then Hill St, then Jesse Hill Jr. Drive. Hill Street and Jesse Hill Jr. Drive do in fact intersect a few blocks north. Fun!

I think Hosea L Williams Drive should have just been named Hosea. Williams is very common, but Hosea is unique.
I like the idea of calling it Hosea. Everyone would remember that. Elegant and simple. I think dropping first names is cool as long as the surname isn't acommon one.
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Old 10-18-2012, 12:10 PM
 
Location: Atlanta, GA
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Don't forget about "The By Way"!

Another Atlanta street name gem.
And "The Prado."
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Old 10-18-2012, 12:14 PM
 
Location: Atlanta, GA
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Better yet, just "Williams Drive." There are hundreds of streets named after people, but this recent fad of using middle names and initials and Jr. and Sr. is just ridiculous and way too cumbersome.

It's also highly disrespectful of the person being honored. Do people think that unless you include the first name and middle initial people would not know who Hosea Williams is? "You mean the Hosea L. Williams? I thought this street was named in honor of Joe Bob Williams who used to have that tomato stand out in Duluth, or maybe his brother."

For Pete's sake.

It is normally the name they are known by. Full names used to actually be used more back in the day, full names are rarely used now because of computerized systems.
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Old 10-18-2012, 12:15 PM
 
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I dunno. I think it would be hilarious to have a Boulevard Drive, Boulevard Avenue, Boulevard Road and, of course the crown jewel, Boulevard Boulevard! I like funny street names. I love living on Happy Hollow because in my old hometown "Happy Holler" was the vice area. I like to imagine that this one was as well. Highly unlikely as they were horse farms but if "chicken ranch" can be a euphemism for a house of ill repute, I don't know why "horse farm" couldn't be as well.
Where did you get Boulevard Boulevard? It's simply Boulevard...

I'm not sure what is so funny about the name.
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Old 10-18-2012, 12:29 PM
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Where did you get Boulevard Boulevard? It's simply Boulevard...

I'm not sure what is so funny about the name.
Lighten up. "I think it would be..." means she was referring to something that doesn't exist.
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Old 10-18-2012, 12:36 PM
 
Location: Mableton, GA USA (NW Atlanta suburb, 4 miles OTP)
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well since you asked... clicky
What an interesting link. Since I couldn't give you more points, I figured I'd thank you here. Thank you!

I love Atlanta because of the history behind some of the place names. Yeah, I agree that sometimes the road naming conventions are a little confusing (like the two Roswell Roads, or the Peach fetish in parts of the city), but most of the time there's actually a reason behind the head-scratchingly strange names.
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Old 10-18-2012, 12:36 PM
 
Location: Savannah GA
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Yeah, but Williams is such a common surname. It is almost generic. I agree it is too cumbersome, but Atlanta seems to like cumbersome.
Andrew Young International Boulevard?
Centennial Olympic Park Drive?
John Wesley Dobbs Avenue?

Don't all the city streets change names at North Avenue? Or is it Ponce?
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