Finally, a Guide to NYC's Honorary Street Names

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 5, 2014

Historian Gilbert Tauber put together an on-line database of all of NYC's honorary street names from 1998-2013, from A. Philip Randolph Boulevard to Zora Neale Hurston Place after the idea was suggested by Michael Miscione, acting Manhattan borough historian.  They discuss the results and the process of street-naming.  

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