SIDEBAR INDEX

The Bellaire Tree Street Names 14

Our City’s Birth Certificate 19

The Bellaire Streets Named for Women 20

Houston Streets Named for Men Killed During World War I 22-23

Houston Streets with the Best Architecture 24

Politicians, Streets and Mayoral Elections 30

Houston Streets That Have Change Names 35

Houston Streets with Humorous Names 40

Now That’s a Spicy Meatball 57

Houston’s Germanic Heritage 60

Houston Streets Named for Other Towns 66

Streets Named for Patron Saints 67

“Parents Offered Names for Children from City Street Surplus Lists 71

The Fake Streets of Houston 79

“Red Flag” Subdivisions 81

Houston’s Best Street Intersections 90

Houston Streets with Aggressive Names 94

“Texas Heroes Names for Houston Streets Urged in 72 Proposed Changes” 96

Mayor Oscar Holcombe’s Revenge 97

Honorary Street Markers 101

Neighborhoods with Interesting Stories 104

Space City U.S.A. or “Houston the Eagle Has Landed” 106

Let’s Go to a Track and Field Meet 107

My How Things Have Changed or West University Place Gets Stop Signs 110

Starry Night 111

Do You Have to Own an Expensive Import Car to Live Here? 112

Honoring Native Americans in Baytown 114

Houaton Streets Associated with Cemeteries 117

Antebellum Streets of River Plantation 122

Learn a Foreign Language on Your Morning Walk 125

Fairbanks Could Have Its Own Concours D’ Elegance and Road Rally 140

“Boulevard of Hundreds of Benefits” 166

All Things English 175

America the Beautiful 176

Laissez les Bon Temps Roulez (Let the Good Time Roll 188

Odd and Interesting Facts About Our Streets 202

It’s Music to My Ears 218

My How WE Have Grown 231

Mayor Bob and His Beloved Roses 234

The Great Texas Department of Transportation Mileage Gap Mystery 239

Our Historic Curbside Ceramic Tile Street Markers 249

Southampton’s English Streets 255-256

Brazoria County’s Old Plantation Streets and Roads 258

Howdy Tex 263

Buon Giorno, Let’s Visit Italia 268

Wedding Bells in the Woodlands 276

Pirates of the Caribbean 280

Rules Concerning Public Street Names 286

Gone with the Wind Too Far 303

The Most Scenic Spots in Texas 310

A Neighborhood for Linksters 318

Bali Hai May Call you 322

Typical Street Classifications 345

Why Historic Galveston Has So Few Streets Named for Famous Citizens 346

Tennis or Golf, Anyone? 348