Re: OT: Place name constituents

> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Tristan
> Streets with names like "The Avenue", "The Boulevard" etc. are common
> in Melbourne, but they've always got the "The" before the type. But my
> favoritist street name is "High Street Road", which goes to/continues
> one of the High Streets here. In this city which prides itself on
> trams, the only "Tram Road" is one which has none, although apparently
> in the ancient past it did.
When I was down there a few years ago, I read an article in the paper
where there was some controversy about changing St. Kilda Road to St.
Kilda Boulevard.  Did they ever change it?

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