Place Names
Before Street Signs, How Did People Name a Place?
Before street signs, shared place names tied meeting points to landmarks, trades, and routes, helping people describe…
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Place Names
Follow the stories and changing meanings carried by local names.
Our point of view
A city is more than its map.
We pay attention to the details that make places legible: a street's shape, a square's layout, or a name that has outlasted its original meaning.