Latest posts tagged with #StreetNames on Bluesky
Around 1700, Hannah Hull Sewall named Hull Street in Boston after her deceased parents, making it the first street in the future-city to be named. In 1706, the city's selectmen agreed to name all the streets and by 1708 the task was completed. #Massachussetts #History #StreetNames
This is a real street near where I live mostly funny to #cb and #nfld but awesome either way #funny #streetnames
It took me the longest time to pronounce this street without stumbling over it. LOL (March 8, 2025) #Hawaii #StreetNames
Google Maps holds a wealth of helpful information. It’s not just maps. Read Screen Skills to see what you’ve been missing.
#GoogleMaps #ScreenSkills #Safety #EssentialInformation #StreetNames #StreetDirections #DontGetLost
#cities #Prague #CzechRepublic #StreetNames
'Prague has unveiled a new digital reference work on the city’s history. The online database Pražský uličník explains the origin of all street names in the Czech capital – from historic alleys to modern boulevards.'
www.praguedaily.news/2025/10/18/n...
This no doubt caused some confusion and all four of them were subsequently renamed.
#glasgow #streetnames #byresroad #architecture #glasgowbuildings #glasgowhistory #architecture #architecturephotography
If you look up at one of the tenement buildings on Byres Road in the West End of Glasgow, you'll see it bears the legend Victoria Cross. This seems odd until you find out that when it was built, Byres Road was called Victoria Street.
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#glasgow #streetnames #byresroad #architecture
the longest word in #Estonian based on only 4 letters where every second one is an ‘a’. Prove me wrong:
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Streetnames #Tänavanimed
#Nature #Loodus
#Plant #Taim
#Tree #Puu
#Alcohol #Alkohol
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Straatnaambordje “Wolkenhemel” met daar achter een woning.
Straatnaambordje met “Sterrenhemel “ met daar een bakstenen woning.
Straatnaambordje aan lantaarnpaal met “Lentebries” stuk van een boom en woning en dak
Lantaarnpaal met een straatnaambordje met “Regenboog”. Daar achter een flatgebouw en een andere lantaarnpaal.
Leuke straatnamen in Elst #straatnamen #streetnames #straatnaam #elst #straatnaambordje
#Nurme (Nurm)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Nõmme
#Meadow, field, pasture.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Streetnames #Tänavanimed
#Agriculture #PõlluMajandus
#Nature #Loodus
#HayMaking #Heinategu
Marja (Mari) #Allasum #Ward
#Berry; also #roe (of fish). One of a group of berry streets in #Lilleküla District. See also #Mureli.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Streetnames #Tänavanimed
#Nature #Loodus
#Plants #Taimed
#Berries #Marjad
#Papli (Pappel)
Poplar. #BerliiniPappel, a cultivar we can probably call #Berlin poplar, Populus x berolinensis.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Streetnames #Tänavanimed
#Nature #Loodus
#Trees #Puud
#Kasteheina (Kastehein)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Pääsküla
Bent, Agrostis spp., a grass, but not, despite either english name, a criminally-inclined informer...
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Streetnames #Tänavanimed
#Nature #Loodus
#Plants #Taimed
One of a meadow flower or grass group. See #Jürilille.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Streetnames #Tänavanimed
#Nature #Loodus
#Plants #Taimed
#Flowers #Lilled
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Hey Madras! Live long and prosper!
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In celebration of Madras Day (Aug 22, Chennai's 386th birthday), my essay "Finding Madras in Chennai," published in Counter Arts magazine on Medium
medium.com/counterarts/...
#History #India #Chennai #Madras #madrasday #BritishRaj #streetnames
Street sign with the text "via delle belle donne"
This street name in the center might have an interesting history ...
#Pisa #signs #streetnames
Berlin's finally renaming a racist street after a long legal fight! A small victory for justice & equality. #Berlin #RacialJustice #StreetNames #GoodNews
#streetnames 🇨🇿
#streetnames 🇨🇿
#Kastani (Kastan)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Pääsküla
Chestnut.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Streetnames #Tänavanimed
#Nature #Loodus
#Trees #Puud
#Raja (Raja)
#Tallinn #Mustamäe #Nõmme #VanaMustamäe #Kadaka #Mustamäe
1) Boundary, border; 2) Path, walk.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Streetnames #Tänavanimed
#Topography #Topograafia
#Leegi (Leek)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Pääsküla #Kivimäe
Flame, blaze. NB: not the same blaze as #Laugu, despite its nominative being spelled the same way as one of the latter’s translations…
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Streetnames #Tänavanimed
Mafeking Street in the Ibrox area of Glasgow. It might be named after a South African town where there was siege during the Boer War, but it has a very different meaning when pronounced with a Glaswegian accent!
#glasgow #streetnames #mafekingstreet #ibrox #humour #scotland
Hand-made Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Lume.
View along Lume, Tallinn, from the Nõlva direction.
Collection of buoys and shipping markers in a customs zone in Lume, Tallinn.
Rest-stop, or bar in Lume, Tallinn.
#Lume (Lumi)
Snow. Once know simply as Tänav 2 (No.2 Street). Also #SovietOccupation renaming (1958-1991) of nearby #Hundipea.
#Weather #Ilm
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Streetnames #Tänavanimed
Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Turvise.
View of the Tallinn art high-school (Tallinna Kunstigümnaasiumi) sports field in Turvise, Tallinn.
Flag of the Tallinn Pikne (see article) mororcycle club in Turvise, Tallinn.
Harley-Davidson outside the Pikne Motorcycle Club in Turvise, Tallinn. Great, friendly guys, all of them, and thanks for the beer and welcome!
#Turvise (Turvis)
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Kopli
Armor, corselet, breastplate, harness and, for the modern-day horseless road warrior, retreaded winter tire. Close to #Maleva and #Uus-Maleva, and hence member of a mini military mêlée. See #Amburi.
#Military #Sõjaline
#Streetnames #Tänavanimed
Tallinn city streetsign with the streetname Uue Maailma on it.
House in Uue Maailma, Tallinn.
Entrance to underground parking in residential building in Uue Maailma, Tallinn, with another block of apartments in the background.
Elderly cat in a window of a house in Uue Maailma, Tallinn, considering legal action for invasion of privacy.
#Uue Maailma (Uus Maailm)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #UusMaailm
New world. Suspected due to proximity to an inn called #Ameerika, #WirtshausAmerica. Street a couple of hundred meters from #Väike-Ameerika and #Suur-Ameerika. Renamed (1950-1990) as #Oja during the #SovietOccupation.
#Streetnames #Tänavanimed
#Fact!
Third photo of mine even has “a redeeming crack down the middle”
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#Humour #Humor #Places #Mischievious #Rebel #Local #StreetPhotography #MobilePhotography #StreetNames #AngelinDisguise
