Re: OT: Place name constituents

> This kind of thing happens in the United States today.
> For example, in the next town to me, a housing developer
> put in a new street of houses. He had an affection for
> Germany, so he named it Wald Strasse. Now the people
> who live in that town refer to it as Wald Strasse Street.
There are some neighborhoods I know of in California that have names
*beginning* with "Ave." (Avenida) rather than "Avenue".