Writes of Way 🛣🚏🗺🧭 · @writesofway
178 followers · 40 posts · Server social.seattle.wa.us
Created in 1915 as part of the plat of Carleton Park, this is one of the many streets in the Magnolia subdivision that features the “mont” element ― Piedmont Place W, Viewmont Way W, Crestmont Place W, Eastmont Way W, and Westmont Way W among them ― a reference to the “entire district[’s]… unobstructible view of the Cascade and Olympic Mountains.” https://www.writesofway.org/montavista-place-w/ #Seattle #StreetNames #Magnolia
#magnolia #streetnames #seattle
Writes of Way 🛣🚏🗺🧭 · @writesofway
178 followers · 40 posts · Server social.seattle.wa.us
This private road in the Broadmoor neighborhood is named for the Union Bay shoreline it parallels. (Foster Island is about 950 feet to the northwest.) https://www.writesofway.org/e-shore-drive/ #Broadmoor #Seattle #StreetNames #UnionBay
#unionbay #streetnames #seattle #broadmoor
Writes of Way 🛣🚏🗺🧭 · @writesofway
178 followers · 40 posts · Server social.seattle.wa.usMakes me wonder if there are any commonly mispronounced Seattle street names... https://boingboing.net/2023/02/15/watch-people-in-san-francisco-try-to-say-san-francisco-street-names.html #StreetNames #SanFrancisco #Seattle #pronunciation #mispronunciation
#mispronunciation #pronunciation #seattle #sanfrancisco #streetnames
Karen a woke Karen · @KarenawokeKaren
361 followers · 2295 posts · Server mastodon.worldThe challenges of making the change/progress. Though putting the former street name in brackets under the new name does seem to undermine efforts.
#History #Racism #StreetNames
Allen Newton · @allennewton
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The kind of public discourse I needed to see today. Fish as street names in PDX. But the rules have it that is has to be a person that did something notable and who passed away at least 5 years prior to the street rename request. Animal street names should be a thing IMHO.
#pdx #streetnames #fish
Writes of Way 🛣🚏🗺🧭 · @writesofway
155 followers · 27 posts · Server social.seattle.wa.usTIL there’s a street in Fort Worth, Texas, named White Settlement Road. https://fortworthreport.org/2023/01/25/white-settlement-road-will-keep-controversial-name-after-council-scraps-plans-to-consider-change/?amp #StreetNames #Texas #FortWorth
#fortworth #texas #streetnames
Dublin Inquirer · @dublininquirer
2074 followers · 130 posts · Server mastodon.ie
Too many of the city’s streets honour aristocrats, landlords, and slaveowners, councillors say. Streets named after people who profited from the enslavement of others – like Nassau St and the La Touche Bridge – should be renamed, says Councillor Nial Ring.
#dublin #ireland #history #streetnames
Peter V. Tretter ✅ 🇨🇦 · @ap236
263 followers · 8130 posts · Server mastodon.socialNo, pulling down statues and renaming streets does not ‘erase history’ | TVO Today https://bit.ly/3JpPRu2 #History #Statues #Cololianism #Roads #STreetNames #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli
#history #statues #cololianism #roads #streetnames #onpoli
Darío Serrano-Puente :lambda2: · @serranopuente
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RT @OtoPeralias@twitter.com
📢📢#WebApp #Release 📢📢
#StreetNames #SearchApp
Have you ever wondered HOW MANY STREETS ARE NAMED AFTER …?
We are launching a web search app to visualize the spatial distribution of street names and download the underlying data.
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🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/OtoPeralias/status/1618144217980895238
#webapp #release #streetnames #searchapp
Writes of Way 🛣🚏🗺🧭 · @writesofway
155 followers · 27 posts · Server social.seattle.wa.us
“Dzidzilalich” has been proposed as an honorary name for the new Elliott Way in downtown #Seattle, and for Alaskan Way from Elliott Way to S Dearborn Street. I'm glad to see the name return to our waterfront, but couldn't we have done better than "Elliott Way" for the new road? https://www.writesofway.org/dzidzilalich-return-seattle-waterfront-honorary-name-elliott-way-alaskan-way/ #Lushootseed #Duwamish #Suquamish #Muckleshoot #StreetName #StreetNames #NativeNames #NativeAmerican
#nativeamerican #nativenames #streetnames #streetname #muckleshoot #suquamish #duwamish #lushootseed #seattle
Writes of Way 🛣🚏🗺🧭 · @writesofway
155 followers · 27 posts · Server social.seattle.wa.us
“Largely purged in years past were public commemorations of Soviet leaders. Now the targets include cultural figures like Pushkin and Dostoevsky.” #ukraine #StreetNames #statues #renaming #derussification
#derussification #renaming #statues #streetnames #ukraine
Dwight Williams · @DEWLine
97 followers · 340 posts · Server mastodon.socialI saw the Ride on TV more than once over the decades. Not in person, though.
As for being a tourist in your own city...tracking down #streetnames and their backstories was a great way for me to do that. Some might find it weird, yes. So what?
As for the Parliament Buildings...last time I was inside the Centre Block was to pay post-mortem respects to Jack Layton.
Dwight Williams · @DEWLine
97 followers · 340 posts · Server mastodon.socialOkay...hashtags representing my interests. Here's a partial list. More to follow...
#comicbooks #startrek #graphicdesign #clipstudiopaint #ottawa #urbanhistory #streetnames #ottawahistory #sciencefiction #fonts #publichealth #spaceexploration #astronomy
#comicbooks #startrek #graphicdesign #clipstudiopaint #ottawa #urbanhistory #streetnames #ottawahistory #sciencefiction #fonts #publichealth #spaceexploration #astronomy
Dwight Williams · @DEWLine
7 followers · 10 posts · Server mastodon.socialOkay...hashtags representing my interests. Here's a partial list. More to follow...
#comicbooks #startrek #graphicdesign #clipstudiopaint #ottawa #urbanhistory #streetnames #ottawahistory #sciencefiction #fonts
#comicbooks #startrek #graphicdesign #clipstudiopaint #ottawa #urbanhistory #streetnames #ottawahistory #sciencefiction #fonts
Writes of Way 🛣🚏🗺🧭 · @writesofway
155 followers · 27 posts · Server social.seattle.wa.us
Hi! I’m Benjamin Lukoff, a local historian born, raised, and living in Seattle. I’ve been an “address nerd” since I was young, and this blog, which I started in 2019, focuses on exploring the stories behind the names of Seattle’s streets. I’ll post articles from there as well as interesting tidbits I find on the web. Welcome! https://writesofway.org/about #introduction #NameStudies #names #onomastics #LocalHistory #LocalHistorians #Seattle #names #streets #StreetNames #cities #maps #plats #history
#history #plats #maps #cities #streetnames #streets #seattle #localhistorians #localhistory #onomastics #names #namestudies #introduction
Peter V. Tretter ✅ 🇨🇦 · @ap236
257 followers · 7864 posts · Server mastodon.social
Egan: Ryan Reynolds — a hick town finds its celebrity crush https://bit.ly/3HaOoDA #Ottawa #RyanReynolds #ottnews #StreetNames #PublicHealth #OttawaPublicHealth #onpoli
#ryanreynolds #ottnews #onpoli #ottawa #streetnames #publichealth #ottawapublichealth
Andrew Hinton · @Andrewhinton
248 followers · 4733 posts · Server mastodon.social
This is such great news.
No more “Confederate Ave” in Atlanta.
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Confederate Avenue to be renamed United Avenue, may receive historic marker
https://buff.ly/2Dw1zTs
#streetnames #ATLStreets #ConfederateAvenue @ATLCouncil
https://twitter.com/SaportaReport/status/1044759470889472000
#streetnames #atlstreets #confederateavenue