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Kansas City, Missouri

Goin’ To Kansas City Plaza

This classic Kansas City song reference is the place for anyone who wants to stand at the corner of 12th Street and Vine.
Mannheim, Germany

Mannheim Quadratestadt

In this German city center, the streets have no names.
Mapping Diversity shows the birthplaces of the women who live on as street names in major European cities. “Male” street names outnumber “female" ones 10 to one.
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The Most Popular Person in European Street Names Is a Woman

Can you guess who it is?
Frank Jacobs, Big Think June 16, 2023
Via Lincoln
Milan, Italy

Via Abramo Lincoln

This small Milan street is filled with colorful homes and a rich history.
Street of the Knights
Rhodes, Greece

Street of the Knights

One of the best-preserved medieval streets in Europe.
Mexico City, Mexico

República de Guatemala 28

A trompe l'oeil mural remembers the original colonial building that once stood here.
Mayflower on Rotherhithe
London, England

Rotherhithe Street

The arching stretch of London's longest street holds many reminders of the area's maritime past.
Bath, England

Dueling Lane

In addition to escorting prospective couples to and from ballrooms, this lane was also a place for gentlemen to settle scores.
Signs.
New York, New York

Gay Street

An aptly-named street near the birthplace of the modern LGBT rights movement.
San Francisco, California

Hotaling Place

The oldest alley in San Francisco is paved with a reminder of the city's original shoreline.
London, England

Of Alley and the Duke’s Streets

An agreement meant to honor the Duke of Buckingham led to this unusually-named passageway near Charing Cross.
Hidden Figures Way
Washington, D.C.

Hidden Figures Way

A street in front of NASA's D.C. headquarters has been named in honor of the Black women who were essential to early spaceflight.
The newly named alleyway.
Los Angeles, California

Chaplin Keaton Lloyd Alley

The three biggest silent film stars once shot iconic scenes here.
Warsaw, Poland

Rondo Wolnego Tybetu (Free Tibet Roundabout)

A heavily politicized roundabout discussing the state of a heavily politicized country.
The entrance to Fernweh Park
Oberkotzau, Germany

Fernweh Park

Named after the German word for "a longingness to travel," this park brings together thousands of city and street signs from around the world.
Mnyaka Sururu Mboro, of nonprofit Berlin Postkolonial, holds a sign for a street renamed to commemorate a rebellion in German East Africa.
colonialism

How Berlin Is Reckoning With Germany's Colonial Past

It starts with renaming streets and landmarks, but will take much more than that.
Jennifer Neal November 19, 2020
Valour Road
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Valour Road

Three young men who lived on this street are honored for their service during World War I.
Pudding Lane sign
London, England

Pudding Lane

The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.