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Roosevelt Street was named on February 3rd, 1910, when Mayor Lloyd B. Christy met with The Common Council of Phoenix to change the Indian tribe names which had been used for north-south streets to the Streets and Avenues that we know today.

Let's take our Roosevelt Row Streetscape Project and add the original Indian tribe street names on top of the 7th ave to 7th st signs like we do for Historic Neighborhoods!

• Yavapai Street became 7th Avenue
• Hualpai Street became 6th Avenue
• Cocopah Street became 5th Avenue
• Yuma Street became 4th Avenue
• Papago Street became 3rd Avenue
• Mojave Street became 2nd Avenue
• Cortez Street became 1st Avenue
• Centre Street became Central Avenue
• Montezuma Street became 1st Street
• Maricopa Street became 2nd Street
• Pima Street became 3rd Street
• Pinal Street became 4th Street
• Aravapi Street became 5th Street
• Tonto Street became 6th Street
• Apache Street became 7th Street

[Huge thanks to Brad Hall for his ongoing research efforts into Phoenix Street name origins: http://www.bradhallart.com/phoenix_streets.htm]