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| − | '''President Clinton Avenue''' is a renamed stretch of old Markham Street in downtown Little Rock. Twenty-one blocks of the street were renamed in honor of the ex-president in July 1999. | + | <table cellspacing="8" cellpadding="5" border="0" align="right"><tr valign="top"><td style="border: 1px solid #CEF2E0; padding: 8px; background: #F5FFFA;"><h5 style="border: 1px solid #A3BFB1; padding: 5px; background: #CEF2E0">President Clinton Avenue in the River Market</h5>{{#widget:Google Street View |
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| + | '''President Clinton Avenue''' is a renamed stretch of old Markham Street in downtown Little Rock. City officials decided to rename the street shortly after [[Bill Clinton]] selected the historic [[River Market District]] as the future home of his presidential library on November 8, 1997. Twenty-one blocks of the street were officially renamed in honor of the ex-president in July 1999. | ||
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| + | The decision to rename the street ignited controversy, in part because Markham is the oldest street in the city of Little Rock. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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| + | *"A Home for Bill's Books," ''Economist,'' December 6, 1997. | ||
| + | *Edward Klump, "Clinton Center Adds to District's Flowering River Market Area; Took Vision, Time," ''Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,'' November 14, 2004. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Latest revision as of 07:47, 8 April 2009
President Clinton Avenue in the River Market |
President Clinton Avenue is a renamed stretch of old Markham Street in downtown Little Rock. City officials decided to rename the street shortly after Bill Clinton selected the historic River Market District as the future home of his presidential library on November 8, 1997. Twenty-one blocks of the street were officially renamed in honor of the ex-president in July 1999.
The decision to rename the street ignited controversy, in part because Markham is the oldest street in the city of Little Rock.
References
- "A Home for Bill's Books," Economist, December 6, 1997.
- Edward Klump, "Clinton Center Adds to District's Flowering River Market Area; Took Vision, Time," Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, November 14, 2004.
