Historic Street Name Change

Previous Street Name: Brooklyn Ave

‘Current/Next’ Street Name: E. Cesar Chavez Ave

Earliest Date for ‘Previous’ Name: 1894*

Latest Date for ‘Previous’ Name:   1928

Entry covers from cross street to cross street or similar: Bridge St to LA City boundary

Approximate Number of Blocks: 20

Length of segment: 1.9 miles

Map(s) used to confirm street name changes:

Reference 1: Morse*

Reference 2: 1921 Baist, 1928 Hill

Reference 3: 1894 Sanborn, 1902 Rueger, 1908 Wood, (1908 Hamlin has this labeled Macy)

Notes: 1894 Sanborn only has western end of street—map ends


Extent as JSON: [lng lat] {"type":"LineString","coordinates":[[-118.2211594494372,34.05275958819706],[-118.22090909715705,34.05267787628459],[-118.22049184335677,34.05247045338386],[-118.21997596593097,34.052231602142214],[-118.21758623962043,34.05118819145915],[-118.21147769298399,34.0484586879067],[-118.20777707399785,34.04681357995207],[-118.20040192455056,34.04357428421518],[-118.19308485835793,34.0402671237633],[-118.19254841655493,34.040035973318666]]}

Updated: February 01, 2018 22:01



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Between ~1894* and ~1928, Brooklyn Ave became E. Cesar Chavez Ave

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