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When the streets of Hollywood were being laid out in the early
1920s, it may have been the Engineering Department staff of the
Young Companies here or in Indianapolis who made the original
decisions to name east-west streets after U.S. presidents, and
who also named the east-west streets north of the presidents for
generals and others. Unfortunately, there is no documentation
for it. It is the streets south of Washington that there is a
story for.  Anton C. "Tony" Mickelson had just finished two
hitches in the Navy (1915-20), when he returned to Indianapolis
in the Spring of 1920. He got a job with the Young Company there
(the Homeseekers Realty Co.), and came to Florida in 1920 as a
salesman for Joseph Young’s Miami developments, then became a
surveyor for the company in Hollywood. In 1924, sales were going
so well that Joseph Young decided to open up the South Hollywood
Addition. The maps were needed immediately so the salesmen could
have them t