On the 23rd of June 2020, the New York Times published an article called How to rename a Street.

Choose the street carefully. Roadways with few or no addresses, like highways, are the easiest to rename.

The article was written in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S. this year, as activists and ordinary

citizens fought injustice inside their buildings and on the streets. Here's producer Azana Duidouet

reading from this article. Changing street names cannot fix injustice, but don't underestimate its power

either. So while we all know the names of our streets...

The name of the street I live on is Gnice Straza.

Oh, okay, Kittesuru Road.

Well, my street is a number, so it's not very exciting.

It's called out of schontz.

How many of us actually know the meanings behind those names?

Absolutely not, no. I have no idea, actually. I could ask.

That's a really good question. Do you know what your street name means when it was put up,

by whom? And how much do these names even matter? Ask who and what the street names around you commemorate. But why do we have street

names in the first place? This is producer Zainan Duidore. Well, there's obvious points about navigation,

just being able to find each other. This is Deirdre Mask, and she's the author of a book called

The Address Book. The address book, what street addresses reveal about identity, race, wealth, and power.

I talked to her to understand why we should have street names in the first place.

And in a lot of ways, this, you know, having named streets and house numbers builds community

because you can find each other easily, you know, not just people you know, but people who don't

know you. It sort of fosters a sense of community in an area. It also makes it easier to do practical things in our

everyday lives. You know, it makes it easier to vote. It makes it easier to get bank accounts. It

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