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Re:History of San Francisco Place Names by hkmurakami on Tuesday April 30, 2013 @12:00AM (#5630358)
I remember reading that Palo Alto streets (or maybe some subsection of them) are named after Authors. I've always been curious about this, but never looked into researching it further.

Maybe I'll give it a shot now :)

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Re:History of San Francisco Place Names by victoro on Tuesday April 30, 2013 @02:22AM (#5630684)
Yes. A good number of streets are named after famous authors. I used to live on on Poe St. and remember seeing Byron, Seneca, Kipling, and Homer (and others I can't remember). A subsection of streets close to Stanford is also named after famous colleges. In general, I think its a good strategy for a University town to surround citizens with subtle reminders of famous/successful examples of education and the educated.
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Re:History of San Francisco Place Names by hkmurakami on Tuesday April 30, 2013 @05:24PM (#5634957)
IIRC, streets in downtown Santa Monica are also named after universities.
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