A Rose... Is a Rose

By: LeRoy Blommaert

A number of Edgewater streets were known by names other than those by which they are known today. Here are a few of them. (The old name is in parenthesis)

• ARDMORE (Francis St., west of Broadway)
• BROADWAY (Evanston Ave., changed in 1913)
• CATALPA (Claremont, east of Clark)
• DEVON (Church St., west of Clark)
• FOSTER (North 59th St., changed in 1895)
• GLENLAKE (Kemper, west of Clark)
• GRANVILLE (Grand Ave.)
• GREENVIEW (first Rubens, then Perry St.)
• GREGORY (Edgewater Terrace)
• HERMITAGE (north of Bryn Mawr: North Hamilton, Commercial Ave., First St., Meadow Lane)
• HIGHLAND (Hector Ave., Fisher Ave., Edgewater Place)
• HOOD (Logan, between Broadway and Glenwood)
• KENMORE (Goodwin Ave., changed in 1890)
• LAKEWOOD (Fisher, north of Hood)
• MAGNOLIA (Charlton, north of Ridge)
• PAULINA (Second St., in Rosehill area; Forest Ave., north of Ridge; Wright, in W.A.N.T. area)
• PETERSON (Leeker St. and Segur St., west of Clark)
• RASCHER (Feinberg between Clark and Glenwood)
• RAVENSWOOD (Front Street)
• ROSEMONT (Ernst Ave., between Broadway and Clark)
• THOME (Webber, west of Clark)
• THORNDALE (Armin and South Ave., west of Clark)
• VICTORIA (Victor St., between Broadway and Wayne)
• WAYNE (Euclid, north of Granville)