It's hard to say "Freckles Road" without a giggle. Even local historian DJ Waldie admits it's laugh provoking. Waldie says, "Names of streets have all sorts of commemorative possibilities. Probably this is the most unusual commemoration in Lakewood."

Waldie is the public information officer for the city of Lakewood and author of "Holyland: A Suburban Memoir." He says Lakewood was the largest planned suburb in the country right after World War II. It was designed as the perfect place to raise a young family ... and their pets.

"Freckles Road was named by the original developers of Lakewood, actually named by the energetic son of Louis Boyer, and he named Freckles Road after a dead Cocker Spaniel."

The cat lobby is still a bit miffed that there's no Puff Place or Socks Street in Lakewood.

(Airdate for this story: 9/1/07)