Eindhoven is building a whole new quarter on an old factoryterrain of Philips: It’s called Strijp S. It’s going to be a mixture between living and going out (with things like the indoor skatepark Area 51 and Pop Ei). Eindhoven asked the people of Eindhoven to come up with new names for the streets. Read the article here.

We think names like “Gloeilampstraat” (Lightbulbstreet) and “Beeldbuisstraat” (Televisionscreenstreet) doesn’t show enough creativity.

We wanted streetnames like Kid Baltanstreet (Kid Baltan is the alter ego of Dick Raaijmakers), Peter Pan Speedway or Video 2000boulevard. But they didn’t listen…