UPDATE: I have now learned one guy bought up the whole street and re-named it all by himself.
Yes, b’golly, it can, and a group of neighbors apparently has gone ahead and done it on (the former) “Jada Lane”.
The new name is “Apha Drive”, not terrible, certainly better than Jada, although….. doesn’t it sound a bit like one of those “male potentcy” formulas they promote all over the Internet and radio?
But never mind, it’s an improvement, dammit, just as surely as the change made by the wise folks on Cos Cob’s “Hooker Lane” who changed it to “Stonebrook”. Bland, yes, but for real estate value, a good move.
People living on Uranus Terrace in San Francisco have been struggling with this forever…The streets in this area are named after two planets…Mars being the other street…Why not Saturn or Pluto ? Beats me…
Ay-nonz:
Yes, the “seventh rock from the sun”, planet Uranus, has what must be termed, a “difficult” name. Likewise, the Town of Greenwich must bear the burden of having a river named Mianus…
And talking about Uranus, anyone else remember the cover band from the ’60’s “Uranus and the Five Moons?” Played frequently at New England frat parties. Hauled their amps/equipment to gigs in a hearse.
No disrespect intended to their (presumably) eponymous creators, but similarly, I suspect at least some residents of Perna and Fado Lanes wouldn’t object to their streets’ names being renamed.
Ant:
No, no, the WORST remaining one is, I kid you not, called “Kenmondo Road”. Who the hell was Ken Mondo, and more importantly, can we now please re-name the street?
Dr. Kenneth Mondo, a British Physician and researcher discovered the Chlamydia trachomatis bacteria in 1934.
Some:
That’s good! Sounds very scholarly and correct but sadly, a Google search turns up nothing about your “Dr. Kenneth Mondo” (but nice try!)
Keith, Monty and Don Hartley = KeMonDo.
RealTor:
Ah! Thank you, yes, that sounds like the correct explanation! (too bad their names weren’t Owen, Myron, and Godfrey!)