American Street Names
This page intends to summarize all English-language street names in the former Paul Revere Village and document their fate. Of the original 19 of the United States represented, eight were lost (Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, Massachussetts, New Hampshire, North and South Carolina, and Virginia), and three new ones were added (Florida, Maine and Ohio), plus one President (Th. Jefferson). Two (Vermont and Indiana) were moved, and the remaining nine (Delaware, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Tennessee) stayed in place, though in some cases covering slightly different territory.
Old American Streets
- Connecticut Street
- was incorporated into Rhode-Island-Allee.
- Delaware Street
- became Delawarestraße. What is now Floridastraße may also have been part of Delaware Street.
- Georgia Street
- was incorporated into Rhode-Island-Allee.
- Indiana Lane
- was integrated with Lousiana Drive to form Louisianaring. Originally planned additional buildings at its southern extension were never built.
- Kentucky Avenue
- became Kentuckyallee, which also incorporates the former Vermont Avenue.
- Louisiana Drive
- had Indiana Lane added to it and became Louisianaring.
- Maryland Street
- was incorporated into Rhode-Island-Allee. Its name lives on as the name of the current (German) elementary school located near its eastern end: Marylandschule.
- Massachussetts Street
- became part of Kanalweg.
- New Hampshire Street
- was closed off at its western end and, together with Massachussetts Street, became part of Kanalweg.
- New Jersey Street
- became New-Jersey-Straße.
- New York Street
- became New-York-Straße. What is now Mainestraße may also have been part of New York Street. [1]
- North Carolina Street
- was incorporated into Rhode-Island-Allee.
- Pennsylvania Street
- became Pennsylvaniastraße.
- Rhode Island Avenue
- had Connecticut Street, Maryland Street, Virginia Street, North Carolina Street, South Carolina Street, and Georgia Street incorporated to form Rhode-Island-Allee.
- South Carolina Street
- was incorporated into Rhode-Island-Allee.
- Tennesee Avenue
- became Tennesseeallee.
- Vermont Avenue
- was added to Kentucky Avenue to form Kentuckyallee.
- Virginia Street
- was incorporated into Rhode-Island-Allee.
New German Streets
These are street names in the area of the former US Military Installations that do not have an old American equivalent, but do continue the “American” theme:
- Floridastraße
- branches off Delawarestraße to the south. It may have been part of Delaware Street.
- Indianaring
- new street in the grounds of the former installations north of Kanalweg. Unrelated to the former Indiana Lane.
- Mainestraße
- branches off New-York-Straße to the south. It may have been part of New York Street (see footnote [1]).
- Ohiostraße
- new street in the grounds of the former installations north of Kanalweg.
- Thomas-Jefferson-Platz
- the western end of Kanalweg.
- Vermontring
- new street in the grounds of the former installations north of Kanalweg. Unrelated to the former Vermont Avenue.
Footnotes
References
- ↑ The 1965 city map does not have a name for this part of the street; the name Maine Street sounds highly unlikely in an American context.
