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== Alternate names ==
== Alternate names ==
*On the [http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/topos/index.html old topographic maps] of the area, the stream is labeled '''Griffin Brook'''.
*On the [http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/topos/index.html old topographic maps] of the area, the stream is labeled '''Griffin Brook'''.
*A 2005 ''Birmingham Weekly'' [http://www.birminghamweekly.com/archived/pages/20050512_coverstory.php story on Rosedale] called it '''Griffin Creek'''.
*A search of the [http://www.bhamnews.com/archives/ ''Birmingham News'' archives] shows that virtually all recent stories call it '''Griffin Creek''', as does a 2005 ''Birmingham Weekly'' [http://www.birminghamweekly.com/archived/pages/20050512_coverstory.php story on Rosedale].
*From what Dystopos posted in the [[Edgewood Lake]] article, I presume it's called '''Griffin<u>'s</u> Brook''' in ''Homewood: The Life of a City'' by Sheryl Spradling Summe.<br />
*From what Dystopos posted in the [[Edgewood Lake]] article, I presume it's called '''Griffin<u>'s</u> Brook''' in ''Homewood: The Life of a City'' by Sheryl Spradling Summe.<br />
--[[User:Lkseitz|Lkseitz]] 10:15, 29 September 2006 (PDT)
--[[User:Lkseitz|Lkseitz]] 10:15, 29 September 2006 (PDT)
:* Yes, that's what's in her book. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 18:53, 29 September 2006 (PDT)

Latest revision as of 20:53, 29 September 2006

Alternate names

  • On the old topographic maps of the area, the stream is labeled Griffin Brook.
  • A search of the Birmingham News archives shows that virtually all recent stories call it Griffin Creek, as does a 2005 Birmingham Weekly story on Rosedale.
  • From what Dystopos posted in the Edgewood Lake article, I presume it's called Griffin's Brook in Homewood: The Life of a City by Sheryl Spradling Summe.

--Lkseitz 10:15, 29 September 2006 (PDT)

  • Yes, that's what's in her book. --Dystopos 18:53, 29 September 2006 (PDT)