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Mr. Joe White Avenue is a boulevard in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina named for "Mr. Joe", a shoeshine man in Georgetown County, South Carolina and later Myrtle Beach. Along with U.S. Route 501, Farrow Parkway and 21st Avenue North, the upgraded road is one of four major entrances into Myrtle Beach and will soon be joined by Harrelson Boulevard. == History of the road == In 1997, the city heard a presentation of a plan to attract people downtown by making 11th Avenue North "a wide, landscaped boulevard ending in a city park at the beach".〔Katie Merx, "Park, Wider Road Highlight Ideas for North Downtown," ''The Sun News'', October 2, 1997, p. 1A.〕 In a project that started in July 2001, 10th Avenue North was widened west of downtown Myrtle Beach, with a new connector to 11th Avenue North near Kings Highway.〔Kenneth A. Gailliard, "City to Upgrade Street," ''The Sun News'', June 14, 2001, p. A1.〕 Also in 2001, 11th Avenue North was to be upgraded at a cost of $1.5 million with "wider, brick-paved sidewalks, street surfaces lined with pavers, street lights, underground utilities, trees and flower beds".〔 At the Ocean Boulevard end, a park was planned.〔 Toward the end of 2001, options for the road's new name were considered. If it was called 10th Avenue North for its entire length, streets from 11th Avenue North to 52nd Avenue North would have to be renamed, causing thousands of addresses to be changed. One idea was Mr. Joe White Avenue. The Myrtle Beach city planning commission approved that name in January 2002, but the city council objected after complaints from business owners. So did Horry County Council, which was responsible for a section of the road west of the Myrtle Beach city limits.〔〔David Klepper, "Council Will Ask Planners to Reconsider Street Name," ''The Sun News'', January 18, 2002, p. C1.〕 City planning commissioners revisited the idea of keeping the old name for the upgraded sections of 10th and 11th Avenues. One plan called for naming the road 10th Avenue west of a particular location and 11th Avenue east of it. Another suggested renaming only the new section of the road. But once again, the decision to rename the entire road stood.〔David Klepper, "Panel Makes Decision on Road," ''The Sun News'', March 20, 2002, p. A1.〕 the section of 10th Avenue North from Dunbar Street to Broadway kept its name, and the short section between Broadway and Kings Highway closed in March 2002. The road opened April 7, 2002 with the intersection of Broadway and Kings Highway closing.〔David Klepper, "Street Revamp Nearly Finished," ''The Sun News'', March 29, 2002, p. C1.〕〔"In Our Towns," ''The Sun News'', April 7, 2002, p. C2.〕 The park at Ocean Boulevard and Mr. Joe White Avenue was dedicated to the Justin Plyler, co-founder of Gay Dolphin Gift Cove, at the Sun Fun Festival on June 3, 2005.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History of Justin Plyler Boardwalk Park )〕 With the opening of the Myrtle Beach Boardwalk in 2010, Plyler Park became the location of a concert series called "Hot Summer Nights". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mr. Joe White Avenue」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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