There is a neighborhood in Tucson that is known as Poets Square because the many of the area streets are named after famous poets. Some of the street names are: Poe, Burn, Walt Whitman and Oliver Wendell Holmes. The boundaries of this neighborhood are: East Fifth Street on the north, North Swan on the east, North Columbus Boulevard on the west and East Broadway on the south.
Source:
“Where’d that name come from? Well, neighbor,…" Arizona Daily Star. July 20, 2008.Page B1.
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