To get from downtown to the University Circle area in 1900, Clevelanders wouldn't be traveling down Chester. And if Tom Hamilton were alive that year and Progressive Field stood where it now stands, he wouldn't be welcoming fans to a broadcast from the corner of Carnegie and Ontario. Residents heading to the West Side Market wouldn't be looking for a West 25th St. sign, for that matter.
Because before 1906, tons of streets in Cleveland weren't named what they are today. Originally coined for famous people, geographic references, and so on, many were scuttled in favor of a numerical street naming system by city council that year, demarcating east and west from Public Square.
Here are what some notable roads were called more than a century ago. Some remnants of the original names can still be found in reference to buildings and cemeteries that remain.Google MapsBond became East 6th St.
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