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Ever wonder how some streets came to be named what they were? In many cases, streets were named for the property owner or for a member of their family.

Many street names were lost forever in 1906 when the city of Cleveland decided to rename all north-south running streets with numbers.

New version vs Old Version:

Botany Ave. - Botany Avenue - Between W.14th St. and W.16th St.
Clayton Ave. - Clayton Avenue - South of Denison Ave.
Denison Ave. - Newburgh St.
Doering Ct. - Doering Court - South of Denison Ave
Elvira Alley - Elvira Alley - North of Denison Ave (between W14th and W13th)
Fern Ct. - Fern Court
Forestdale Ave. - Forest St.
Garden Ave. - Grand Army Court
Hurley Ave. - Hurley Avenue - South of Denison Ave
Jennings Ave. - Jennings Avenue
Kenneth Ave. - Kenneth Avenue - South of Denison Ave
Redman Ave. - Redman Avenue Between W.13th St. and W.15th St.
Selzer Ave. - Selzer Avenue Between W.21st St. and W.25th St.
W.13th St. - Lookout St. (between Redman Ave and Denison Ave)
W.14th St. - Foster St. (between Redman Ave and Denison Ave)
W.15th St. - Gertie St. (north of Denison Ave)
W.15th St. - Petty St. (between Denison Ave and Botany Ave.)
W.16th St. - Hapgood St. (south of Denison Ave)
W.17th St. - Howard St. (south of Denison Ave)
W.18th St. - LaSalle St. (south of Denison Ave)
W.18th St. - Park Place (north of Denison Ave)
W.19th St. - Pixley St. (south of Denison Ave)
W.20th St. - Hazelwood St. (south of Denison Ave)
W.21st St. - Pixley Court(south of Denison Ave)
W.22nd Pl. - Lyle Court (north of Denison Ave)
W.22nd St. - Grandview St. (south of Kenneth Ave)
W.23rd St. - Bridgeview Avenue (south of Denison Ave)
W.24th St.- Wieland St. (between Denison Ave and Seltzer Ave.)
W.25th St. - Pearl St.
Willowdale Ave. - Terrace St.


Old Version vs New Version:

Botany Avenue - Between W.14th St. and W.16th St.
Bridgeview Avenue - West 23rd St. (south of Denison Ave)
Clayton Avenue - South of Denison Ave
Newburgh St. - Denison Ave
Doering Court - South of Denison Ave
Elvira Alley - North of Denison Ave (between W14th and W13th)
Fern Court
Forest St. - Forestdale Avenue
Foster St. - West 14th St. (between Redman Ave and Denison Ave)
Gertie St. - West 15th St. (north of Denison Ave)
Grand Army Court - Garden Avenue
Grandview St. - West 22nd St. (south of Kenneth Ave)
Hapgood St. - West 16th St. (south of Denison Ave)
Hazelwood St. - West 20th St. (south of Denison Ave)
Howard St. - West 17th St. (south of Denison Ave)
Hurley Avenue - South of Denison Ave
Jennings Avenue
Kenneth Avenue - South of Denison Ave
LaSalle St. - West 18th St. (south of Denison Ave)
Lookout St. - West 13th St. (between Redman Ave and Denison Ave)
Lyle Court - West 22nd Place (north of Denison Ave)
Park Place - West 18th St. (north of Denison Ave)
Pearl St. - West 25th Street.
Petty St. - West 15th St. (between Denison Ave and Botany Ave.)
Pixley Court - West 21st St. (south of Denison Ave)
Pixley St. - West 19th St. (south of Denison Ave)
Redman Avenue - Between W.13th St. and W.15th St.
Selzer Avenue - Between W.21st St. and W.25th St.
Terrace St. - Willowdale Avenue
Wieland St. - West 24th St. (between Denison Ave and Seltzer Ave.)


For specific rules for street naming, see Cleveland city code - Section 305

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