Old Atlanta Street Names

Lots of downtown streets have changed names over the years, some many times over. Here's some of them I know about (old names follow current name)

• Andrew Young International Boulevard (since 2001)
  • International Boulevard
  • Cain Street
• Auburn Avenue
  • Wheat Street
• Boulevard NE
  • East Ave
• Broad Street
  • Market Street
  • Bridge Row (1850's)
• Broyles Street SW
  • Fort Street (section south of Glenwood)
• Capital Avenue
  • McDonough Boulevard (section from Piedmont south to Turner Field)
• Carnegie Way
  • Church Street (named for Unitarian Church opposite the library)
• Carroll Street
  • Factory Street
• Cascade Avenue
  • Adamsville Road
  • Lickskillet Road
• Centennial Olympic Park Boulevard (since 2001)
  • Techwood Drive
  • Orme Street (north of Cain St)
• Central Avenue (since 1901)
  • Loyd Street
• Cherokee Ave (since 1900)
  • Thomas Street
• Courtland Street
  • North Collins Street
• Decatur Street (since 1863)
  • Pierce Street
• Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway (since 1998)
  • Bankhead Hwy (section from Northside to county line)
• Edgewood Avenue (since 1892)
  • Line Street (only stretched from 5points to Ivy)
• Equitable Place
  • Porter Alley
• Georgia Avenue
  • Anderson Street (McDonough(Capitol) to city limits)
• Glen Iris Drive NE
  • Randolph Street (section north of Highland)
• Hamilton E Holmes Drive
  • Hightower Road
• Hank Aaron Drive (since 1996)
  • Capital Avenue
  • McDonough Boulevard (section from Turner Field south to tracks where McDonough continues as GA42)
• Jesse Hill Jr Street (since 2002)
  • Butler Street
• John Wesley Dobbs Avenue
  • Houston Street
• Joseph E. Lowery (since 2001)
  • Ashby Street
• Martin Luther King Jr Drive
  • Hunter Street (as of 1863)
  • Cobb Street
• Memorial Drive
  • Fair Street
• Metropolitan Pkwy (since mid-1990s)
  • Stewart Ave
• Northside Drive (btw MLK & Simpson)
  • Davis Street (sections still exist btw Simpson & North Ave)
• Park Place (for Woodruff Park)
  • Pryor Street (segment north of Edgewood)
• Peachtree Center Avenue
  • Ivy Street (for Hardy Ivy, the first Atlanta settler)
• Peachtree St (above Five Points)
  • hog back ridge (informal name for the old trail)
• Peachtree St (below Five Points)
  • Whitehall Street
• Piedmont Avenue
  • Calhoun Street
• Poplar Street
  • Grubb Street
• Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard
  • Gordon Street
• Ralph McGill Boulevard (since mid-1970s for Constitution editor)
  • Forrest Avenue (for Nathan Bedford Forrest)
• Trinity Avenue
  • Peters Street
• Washington Street
  • South Collins Street
• West Peachtree Place (btw W.Peachtree & Lovejoy)
  • Powers Street
• William Holmes Borders Sr Drive
  • Youngue Street
  • Yonge Street
• Woodward Avenue
  • Jones Street
  • Jones Alley