musicman Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 unfortunately we've lost Calhoun in houston forever because the portion that used to be in front of UH has also changed names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double L Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 Why don't we just keep it as St. Joseph's? It sounds better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 Why don't we just keep it as St. Joseph's? It sounds better.Calhoun was a prominent person in politics whom (who?) I believe deserves the street. St. Joseph was named because the hospital was located on that particular street. Calhoun on Wikipedia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 They in effect sold the naming rights for the street. How about renaming I-45 North "Gallery Furniture Parkway"? Same idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 I was born at St. Joseph's in 1955. I think it was considered the baby hospital back then. Is the hospital gone now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 Is the hospital gone now? The maternity building has been demolished, but the hospital still exists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetroMogul Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Calhoun St. is still Calhoun from UH on southward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bach Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 St. Joseph's hospital is now called St. Joseph Medical Center, so the "St. Joseph" really still applies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 On 12/27/2006 at 9:46 PM, ricco67 said: Calhoun was a prominent person in politics whom (who?) I believe deserves the street. Does he though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacoDog Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 11 hours ago, HoustonIsHome said: Does he though? Did you have to search for a while to bring this topic up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 On 6/13/2020 at 8:23 AM, TacoDog said: Did you have to search for a while to bring this topic up? Nope. Was actually looking up something on Google and this thread popped up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specwriter Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 John C. Calhoun (if this is the Calhoun the thoroughfare* was named for) was a segregationist and a staunch proponent of slavery. I doubt there is much sentiment in favor of returning to that name now. That said, I'm not a big fan of renaming things for political expedient though I can certainly see removing names of people whose actions were so odious as to cause great consternation and loathing among the population. Why the asterisk? I was told once, and am now too old to remember by whom, that the original layout of thoroughfares in what is now the central business district named those going more or less north and south as streets and those east and west as avenues. So we have Main Street and Texas Avenue and those parallel to either keep that same designation, i.e. Smith, Louisiana, Travis, Milam, Fannin, San Jacinto Streets and Capitol, Rusk, Lamar, Dallas Avenues. You are probably bored of my post but I continue: St. Joseph "Parkway" is NOT a parkway. Allen Parkway qualifies in my opinion and the Sam Houston Parkway does not. There are probably thoroughfares in the suburbs that would meet my expectation of a parkway - at least until they are lined by strip shopping centers and drive through restaurants. Are there any other kind of restaurants these days? 😬 Be safe and healthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Road, Street, Avenue, Parkway, Highway, Boulevard, Alley, Causeway, Circle, Court, Cove, Drive, Lane, Place, Trail, Way in Houston, it seems these names are not given based on any designation of the roadway type, but more just when someone submits a name for the roadway, they put whatever designation they want to it, and it is either approved, or not. regarding Calhoun, St Josephs used to be Calhoun Avenue, which was mentioned above. Calhoun Road (different street altogether), still exists. there's a wikipedia page for Calhoun, and also one for things named after him. kind of surprising the locations of some of the things named after him. while he was an unashamed slave owner, and fought for slave owners rights, he wasn't part of the confederacy, probably because he died 11 years before it happened. he was a US congressman, a US senator, the US vice president, the US Secretary of War. while his motivations were horrible, he fought for minority rights. at the time, these were slave owners. the thing is, the concept of minority rights is more important today than ever. personally, I'm no fan of any street named after a person, because no matter who it is, it will make someone uncomfortable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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