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Madonna Drive


Fullerton has a Melody Lane and a Harmony Lane. But Ginny King, who wrote "The Street Where You Live: Why Did They Name It...?" says there's a much more popular musical street in town. Its name is Madonna Drive.


"I don't know who named it or why, but because of Madonna's popularity, every time they put the sign up, somebody would come along and rip it down, take it home, and hang it in their den or something. So they've had to just paint the curb with Madonna. There's no street sign for that."


King suspects the reason for calling it "Madonna" was more religious than musical. But will it take a miracle for a Madonna street sign to stay put?


King says, "I don't know. Maybe her popularity is waning enough where they could put one up now."


(Airdate: 10/5/2008)


 

Comments (1)

patrick mauer:

Regarding 'Street Stories' Saturday 10/11/08 you said that Southern California had been bilingual since the Spanish arrived in over 300 years ago. If you mean Spanish/English, this would have taken place when the English speaking Americans arrived around 200 years ago.
Pat Mauer


 

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