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Strong Street
Posted by:
Deejo
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Date: August 08, 2013 03:37AM
What is the deal with Strong Street, which runs about 4950 N. between Pulaski and Avers?
It looks like an alley, essentially, but it is a named street. It also is in a weird place, even for an alley, as it runs mid-block.
Also, it doesn't have garbage collection, like some small alley-like streets that run where there are no alleys. Strong Street doesn't have sidewalks or even any room on either side where there could be garbage collection.
It's almost as if the street were cut through a series of residential lots.
Does anyone know anything about how this unusual street came to be?
It looks like an alley, essentially, but it is a named street. It also is in a weird place, even for an alley, as it runs mid-block.
Also, it doesn't have garbage collection, like some small alley-like streets that run where there are no alleys. Strong Street doesn't have sidewalks or even any room on either side where there could be garbage collection.
It's almost as if the street were cut through a series of residential lots.
Does anyone know anything about how this unusual street came to be?
Re: Strong Street
Posted by:
PKDickman
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Date: August 08, 2013 09:03PM
See the stuff in Wierd jogs.
It is all part of the same golf course
It is all part of the same golf course
Re: Strong Street
Posted by:
Deejo
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Date: August 09, 2013 01:07AM
PK - Thanks. Although its nearly the same distance north, the article in the weird jogs chain says the golf club's eastern boundary was Nagle.
This post is about Strong Street between Pulaski and Avers, about 3 miles to the east.
This post is about Strong Street between Pulaski and Avers, about 3 miles to the east.
Re: Strong Street
Posted by:
PKDickman
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Date: August 09, 2013 11:25AM
Deejo Wrote:
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> PK - Thanks. Although its nearly the same distance
> north, the article in the weird jogs chain says
> the golf club's eastern boundary was Nagle.
>
> This post is about Strong Street between Pulaski
> and Avers, about 3 miles to the east.
Sorry, I read too fast and assumed it was the section between Rutheford and Newcastle where it is the same way.
The section by Pulaski was originally just a mid block alley.
In 1929 when the school was built, the city vacated a piece of Springfield Ave to the school district. They, in turn, deeded the south 50 feet of their land between Spfld and Harding as an open street. So Strong, Spfld and Harding formed a big "U" of full 66ft wide streets. I guess they named it Strong because that was the closest thing matching at that number range.
I can't tell if the school district ever really left it open, but it seems that the piece Volta School is using as its parking lot is actually part of the public way.
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> PK - Thanks. Although its nearly the same distance
> north, the article in the weird jogs chain says
> the golf club's eastern boundary was Nagle.
>
> This post is about Strong Street between Pulaski
> and Avers, about 3 miles to the east.
Sorry, I read too fast and assumed it was the section between Rutheford and Newcastle where it is the same way.
The section by Pulaski was originally just a mid block alley.
In 1929 when the school was built, the city vacated a piece of Springfield Ave to the school district. They, in turn, deeded the south 50 feet of their land between Spfld and Harding as an open street. So Strong, Spfld and Harding formed a big "U" of full 66ft wide streets. I guess they named it Strong because that was the closest thing matching at that number range.
I can't tell if the school district ever really left it open, but it seems that the piece Volta School is using as its parking lot is actually part of the public way.
