Land & Climate

Streets

St. Louis Park's streets are a combination of a grid pattern and a curvilinear system. The east side of the city was organized around a grid of streets, streetcar lines and railroads. The western portion of the city was developed later and features a curvilinear system.

In 1933, Carol W. Hurd (who became mayor in 1952) headed a committee to rename St. Louis Park's then erratically named streets. The committee decided on a system of alphabetical north/south streets and numbered east/west streets. The second alphabet uses names from states and Canadian provinces; the third alphabet commemorates historic or patriotic names.

• The "first alphabet" runs from France Avenue west to Zarthan Avenue
• The "second alphabet" runs west from Alabama Avenue to Zinran Avenue
• The "third alphabet runs from Aquila to St. Louis Park's border with the City of Minnetonka.