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- List_of_former_Atlanta_street_names abstract "Atlanta has a penchant for frequent street renamings, even in the central business district, usually to honor the recently deceased.Many recent Atlanta street renamings commemorate prominent African Americans in Atlanta's history. These renamings can be identified by the use of the person's full name (e.g., Rev. Dr. Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard) rather than the more traditional last name only (e.g., Cain Street).Current nameFormer name(s)10th St.Bleckley Ave. (alternative name, 1890s, Piedmont to Peachtree); Madison (between Crescent and West Peachtree)11th St.Harrison Ave. (alternative name, 1890s, Piedmont to Peachtree); Davis (between Crescent and West Peachtree)12th St.Downe St. (alternative name, 1890s, Piedmont to Peachtree); Stewart (between Crescent and West Peachtree)13th St.Center St. (alternative name, 1890s, Piedmont to Peachtree); Cleveland Street (between Crescent and West Peachtree)14th St.Wilson Ave. (alternative name, 1890s)Andrew Young International BoulevardInternational BoulevardCain Street (for pioneer John J. Cain)Magnolia Street (1886 map, one block section between Marietta St. and railroad tracks)Argonne Ave. (Midtown)Bedford Place (Bedford Place continued south to Forrest Ave., now Ralph McGill; that portion is now called Central Park Place)Atlanta Student Movement BoulevardFair Street (Pertains to the 14 blocks of Fair Street between Northside Drive and James P. Brawley Drive (formerly Chestnut Street).Auburn Avenue (as of April 17, 1893)Wheat Street (for Augustus W. Wheat)Barnett Avenue (Virginia Highland/Poncey-Highland)Kearsarge AvenueBenjamin E. Mays DriveSewell RoadBriarcliff Road (Atkins Park/Virginia Highland)Williams Mill Road (for Frederick A. Williams)Stillwood AvenueBolton RoadRiver RoadBroad StreetBridge StreetBoulevardJefferson Street (marked in 1878 map - section from North Ave. to Foster St. (now Edgewood Ave.) in today's Old Fourth Ward)Rolling Mill Street (north of the railroad) from the late 1860s to about 1880, for the Confederate Rolling Mill, which the Federal army had already destroyed in 1864See also Monroe Drive belowCameron M. Alexander Blvd. (English Avenue neighborhood)Kennedy Street (until 2010)Capitol Avenue (as of 1885)McDonough Boulevard (for the town it eventually reaches)Carroll StreetFactory Street (1892 Bird's eye view and 1906 map)Centennial Olympic Park Drive (from North Avenue south to around Mitchell Street)Techwood Drive (from North Avenue into Georgia Tech campus)Orme Street (from around North Avenue south to Cain St. (now Andrew Young Intl. Blvd.)Walker Street (from around Mitchell Street south to Peters Street)Central Park Place (Old Fourth Ward)Bedford PlaceCharles Allen Drive (Midtown)Parkway or Parkwood Drive, prior to that Jackson St.Cleburne AvenueAugusta Avenue (1906 map)Courtland Street (as of September 20, 1886)North Collins Street (for pioneer James Collins — renamed because of South Collins Street's reputation as a red light district)Crescent Avenue Macon St., Old Peachtree Rd.Donald Lee Hollowell ParkwayBankhead Highway (renamed in an effort to revitalize and mask the name stigma attached to this high-crime section of the city)Bankhead Avenue (Changed to honor Governor Bankhead of Alabama)Bellwood AvenueEdgewood Ave.Foster St. (portion marked in 1878 map, from Calhoun (now Courtland) St. to just east to BeltLine in today's Old Fourth Ward)Euclid TerraceKuhns Street Felton Drive (for Rebecca Felton)Summit AvenueHamilton E. Holmes DriveHightower RoadHank Aaron Drive (from Fulton Street south to McDonough Boulevard/University Avenue)Capitol AvenueHosea L. Williams DriveBoulevard DriveIvan Allen Jr. Boulevard (from West Peachtree Street west to Marietta Street)Simpson Street (for Leonard C. Simpson, Atlanta's first lawyer), Jones Avenue and Alexander Street (for Dr. James F. Alexander)James P. Brawley DriveChestnut StreetJesse Hill Jr. DriveButler StreetJohn Portman Boulevard At Historic Harris Street (as per Atlanta City Council vote May 16, 2011)Harris Street - (for Fulton County's first elected legislator)John Wesley Dobbs Avenue (for John Wesley Dobbs, African American civic and political leader, "mayor of Auburn Ave."Houston Street (pronounced HOW-stun) (for pioneer Oswald Houston)Joseph E. Boone Boulevard (as of March 24, 2008", for the civil rights activist)Simpson Street/Road (for Leonard C. Simpson)Rev. Dr. Joseph E. Lowery BoulevardAshby Street (for Civil War General Turner Ashby)Maiden Lane (Virginia Highland)Grove StreetMartin Luther King, Jr. DriveHunter Street, Gordon RoadMackenzie Drive NEGarfield PlaceMemorial DriveFair Street (for the South Central Agricultural Society fair, which moved to facilities on Fair St. in 1850)Metropolitan ParkwayStewart Avenue (renamed because of redlight district reputation)Monroe Drive (to honor the Monroe Landscaping Company which did extensive plantings in the area)N. BoulevardMoreland Avenue, after Major Asbury Fletcher Moreland (1828-1909), father-in-law of architect Willis F. Denny. The Moreland Park community also named after him is now part of Inman Park.County Line RoadPark Avenue West (as of April 20, 2001)Foundry Street and Luckie Street (south of Baker Street - formerly Thurmond Street)Parkway Dr. (Old Fourth Ward) Jackson St.Peachtree Center AvenueIvy Street (for pioneer Hardy Ivy)Peachtree Street (south of railroad gulch)Whitehall Street (for the Whitehall Tavern, a tavern/inn established in the 1830s)Peachtree WalkCentre Street (from 1895 map)Piedmont Road(Lindbergh/Buckhead area): Plaster's Bridge Road (or Plaster Bridge Road) for Benjamin Plaster who owned land between Piedmont and Peachtree around Lindbergh. Renamed Piedmont around 1915-1920.(Midtown area): For the 1895 Cotton States Expo, Plaster's Bridge Road south of 10th street was rerouted to connect to an extension of Calhoun Street from downtown, all of which was renamed Piedmont Road.Ralph David Abernathy BoulevardGordon Street (for Civil War general John Brown Gordon)Ralph McGill Boulevard (for the Atlanta Constitution publisher who won the Pulitzer Prize for his anti-segregation editorials in 1969)Forrest Avenue (for Civil War lieutenant general and first Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan Nathan Bedford Forrest)eastern portion just west of the BeltLine was Fortune St.Sidney Marcus BoulevardMarian RoadSpring Street (south of Alabama — for Walton Spring)Madison AvenueThompson Street (for Dr. Joseph Thompson)Seminole AvenueAugusta Avenue (1906 map)Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Way (as of May 10, 2010)Raymond StreetTrinity AvenuePeters Street (for Richard Peters)Washington StreetSouth Collins StreetWest Peachtree StreetAtwood Street (alternative name on 1895 map)William Holmes Borders DriveYonge Street↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 ↑ ↑ 3.0 3.1 ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 ↑ ↑ ↑ 7.0 7.1 ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ 11.0 11.1 ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑".
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- List_of_former_Atlanta_street_names comment "Atlanta has a penchant for frequent street renamings, even in the central business district, usually to honor the recently deceased.Many recent Atlanta street renamings commemorate prominent African Americans in Atlanta's history. These renamings can be identified by the use of the person's full name (e.g., Rev. Dr. Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard) rather than the more traditional last name only (e.g., Cain Street).Current nameFormer name(s)10th St.Bleckley Ave.".
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