StreetSmart

Have you wondered who or what your street is named after? Have you ever wondered what it might have been named before? Beginning with StreetSmart Atlanta, eHistory.org will allow users to write the histories and discuss the origins of placenames in their own neighborhoods. StreetSmart historians are constantly updating the placename database and uploading new archival material to the StreetSmart library, but they also know that local communities often have the best information and the longest memories. A truly collaborative effort between content experts and "citizen historians," StreetSmart seeks to involve neighborhood associations, schools, and scholars in an attempt to create an exhaustive history of placenames, first in Atlanta, and ultimately in the entire United States.