When were streets renamed? Fourth-generation Fallser writes in

Tony Gallagher asks a deceptively simple question about when some of the streets in East Falls were renamed. Email to EastFallsHouse.com: Loved your article on East Falls street names. One question I've always had, what year were the street names changed? I'm a fourth generation Fallser and when I lived on Division St. my mother, who was born in 1908, always referred to Conrad St. as 35th St., Vaux St., as 34th St. and Henry as 33rd. St. The...

What’s in a Name? East Falls, Philadelphia: Street by Street

How did your street get its name? How did any of them? We've got three "Queen" lanes in East Falls -- Queen, New Queen, and Indian Queen  -- but does anyone know who this "Queen/queen" is? Any googling fool can tell you that Philadelphia's Queen Village was named for Sweden's Queen Cristina, but our local sovereign's identity is not so apparent. A yellowed newspaper clipping we found in the old Baptist church's archives next door to Hohenadel...