Sentence examples for street naming from inspiring English sources

It was unclear from city archives who had initiated the street naming in Mr. Dickstein's honor, although it appeared that at the time the office of the mayor and the Manhattan borough president had gone along.

To Randy Jurgensen, a retired police detective who was there when the shooting took place and investigated it, enough time has passed that the proposed street naming can be viewed not as an endorsement of either side or a statement about 1970s politics, but as a simple memorial to an officer who died in the line of duty.

After several highly publicized fights over who should be eligible for a street naming honor, New York's City Council created a list of requirements to simplify the process in 2008, and Rule No. 1 is that streets are co-named only for people who have died.

But for Harlem residents, especially those old enough to remember the events, it may not be that simple, as became clear at a community board meeting on Thursday in which board members insisted that advocates of the street naming — led by Inspector Rodney Harrison, a former commander of the 28th Precinct — deliver a letter proving they had consulted with local imams.

As Ghana celebrated a half century of independence in 2007 and the heroes of that struggle were publicly honored by street naming ceremonies, the unveiling of statues, and historical reenactments, Hannah Kudjoe's name was nowhere to be found.

That meant singing at everything from Major League games to street naming ceremonies.

The Bronx street named Boston Road has a different story.

(He has a street named after him in Green Bay).

There's even a street named for Grand Moff Tarkin.

is getting a street named after her.

Previously a small street named De Saible Street had been named after him.