New Street

New Street, a one-block connector between Carr and Willard streets, was opened between 1902 and 1907 for a residential section west of the American (former Blackwell) Tobacco factory.

The name "New," probably applied simply because it was a "new" street that no one felt moved to formally title, persisted to the 1950s, when the name was, for whatever reason, switched to "Portland." The street was closed and its site redeveloped during downtown urban renewal; it is now part of the University Ford dealership.