This two-block, pseudo-underground access road was laid out in 1971 during the redevelopment of Bunker Hill and was dubbed 2nd Place. Then came Burbank’s Mary Dziadula (1916-1998), who in 1976 petitioned Los Angeles City Council to name the street in honor of Thaddeus (a.k.a. Tadeusz) Kosciuszko (1746-1817), the Polish soldier who became a hero in the American Revolutionary War. (He arrived in Philadelphia in 1776 to join the revolutionaries, then returned to Poland eight years later.) Council tabled Dziadula’s request on the basis that the name was too long to fit on a street sign and that locals would have trouble spelling and pronouncing “Kosciuszko”. (It’s more or less pronounced “ka-CHOOS-ko”.) But Dziadula – pronounced “ja-DU-la” – persisted and Council finally approved her petition in January 1978.
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