Exit78 Photo of the Day #112
President Clinton Avenue just before it transitions into Markham Street, Little Rock, Arkansas, December 10, 2008 (Pentax K10D)
Love him or hate him, it was inevitable that William Jefferson Clinton would get a street named after him in the capital city of the state where he was governor before getting elected president. Stretching from the Clinton Presidential Center and Park west to Cumberland, after which the street reverts back to Markham Street, President Clinton Avenue is almost exactly 1/2 mile in length.
President Clinton Avenue: Little Rock, Arkansas (American Planning Association)
The transformation of Little Rock’s East Markham Street to what is now President Clinton Avenue was, in the words of a long-time Little Rock business leader, “an overnight success 20 years in the making.” The avenue is a popular destination and hub of activity with a mixture of restaurants, museums, art galleries, entertainment venues, stores, offices, educational facilities, apartments, and loft condominiums. Some 30 sidewalk benches, almost 150 street trees, decorative lighting, designed walkways, outdoor sculptures, and scenic views make for a memorable experience.
The entire length of President Clinton Avenue is designated an American Planning Association Great Street, between the Clinton Presidential Center and Park to the east and Cumberland Street to the west.
Series notes:
- The photos in this series are (usually) randomly selected from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Exit78 Photo of the Day.
- Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.
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Here, every street is named after politicians of all hues from the local dog catcher to the dead and gone leaders. Hardly anyone uses those names. For instance the road on which my home stands is called North Avenue though it has another name of some obscure politician. No one uses the latter including the postal department or, hold your breath, google maps.
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That’s not the case here, for the most part. Many towns and cities are named after famous people, but streets usually are named in other fashions, often quite mundane. Main Street is probably the most common. There are a lot of Broadways. 1st, 2ns, 3rd, are quite common. Back in Nebraska I lived on 10th street for many years and, later, on 3rd.
Of course, names are sometimes changed for “political correctness.” Lakeview Road in a nearby city was built on top of a dike. The road was originally named, quite logically, Dike Road. However, likely due to off-color jokes related to dykes (a derogatory label for a masculine, tomboyish, or butch lesbian), it was changed a decade or two back.
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