Efforts to Rename Brady Arts District

[RecycleMichael]

Bartlett Street

[TheArtist]

Bartlett Street

Egads.  Where is the barfing "smiley" when you really need it?

[Townsend]

Bartlett Street

It's got "Stuff!"

[swake]

Bartlett Street

Smokin'!

[Conan71]

Smokin'!

Nice!

[rdj]

Has anyone ever looked into why Greenwood is named Greenwood?

[BKDotCom]

Has anyone ever looked into why Greenwood is named Greenwood?

Hartford AR
and
Greenwood AR

Source:   http://www.tulsagal.net/2010/10/tulsas-street-names.html

But like Burlington KS... who knows where Greenwood AR got the name.

[carltonplace]

Has anyone ever looked into why Greenwood is named Greenwood?

Streets East of Main Street are generally named after streets east of the Mississippi:
Boston MA
Cincinnati, OH
Detroit, MI

Streets west of main go the other way
Boulder, CO
Cheyenne, WY
Carson, NV
Denver, CO

[Townsend]

Has anyone ever looked into why Greenwood is named Greenwood?

[ex-riverman]

Greenwood Cultural Center says it was named after Greenwood, MS.  Which was named for Greenwood Leflore.

[rdj]

Streets East of Main Street are generally named after streets east of the Mississippi:
Boston MA
Cincinnati, OH
Detroit, MI

Streets west of main go the other way
Boulder, CO
Cheyenne, WY
Carson, NV
Denver, CO

I'm well aware of the naming convention.  I was curious as to the source of the name and why it was chosen.

[rdj]

Hartford AR
and
Greenwood AR

Source:   http://www.tulsagal.net/2010/10/tulsas-street-names.html

But like Burlington KS... who knows where Greenwood AR got the name.

A quick Google search tells me Greenwood, AR was named for Judge Alfred B. Greenwood, a member of the Confederate Congress.

http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=4626

Greenwood Cultural Center says it was named after Greenwood, MS.  Which was named for Greenwood Leflore.

Another quick Google search led to the bastion of internet authenticity Wikipedia which tells me Leflore, "...became a wealthy planter and amassed a huge estate, where slaves worked acres of cotton"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwood_LeFlore

What are we renaming Greenwood?

[Conan71]

A quick Google search tells me Greenwood, AR was named for Judge Alfred B. Greenwood, a member of the Confederate Congress.

http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=4626

Another quick Google search led to the bastion of internet authenticity Wikipedia which tells me Leflore, "...became a wealthy planter and amassed a huge estate, where slaves worked acres of cotton"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwood_LeFlore

What are we renaming Greenwood?

Maybe at some point people will just take the bucking arrow out and quit searching for things to be upset about.

[AquaMan]

A quick Google search tells me Greenwood, AR was named for Judge Alfred B. Greenwood, a member of the Confederate Congress.

http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=4626

Another quick Google search led to the bastion of internet authenticity Wikipedia which tells me Leflore, "...became a wealthy planter and amassed a huge estate, where slaves worked acres of cotton"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwood_LeFlore

What are we renaming Greenwood?

Hendersonville?

I wonder if he wishes he hadn't opened this can of worms?

[RecycleMichael]

There is a difference between a street named after a place somewhere else that was named after someone creepy and a street named for someone who was creepy here in Tulsa.

I don't care that Burling was a creep in Connecticut or the Greenwood was a confederate judge in Arkansas.

I do care that Tate Brady was a creep right here in Tulsa.