A plan to commemorate St. Louis's original street grid, including its French names.

I was surprised to run across this West End Word article.

Afftonian and Francophile Thomas Mack wants to see signs put up downtown that reflect the city's founding French heritage.



While this quote is curious:

But [downtown Alderman Phyllis] Young raised a concern about the precedent Mack’s proposal might set. “The Hill might want to implement Italian names, and the Bosnian community might want to do honorary naming of streets in the Bevo area,” she wrote in her letter to Mack.

She totally misses the point that this is not about celebrating an ethnicity, but our founding heritage.

I say go for it! It's a smell step, but a smart one in recognizing that we have a history to be proud of.

One suggestion: a pole in a sleeker, black color looks more appealing than that construction-fence-gray.