Too Many Franklins

(Flickr pic by Bobbyhywd).

Jillian at blogging.la wonders, what's the deal with all those Franklins in Los Angeles?

She writes:

K, I knew where Franklin Heights was, and I knew where Atwater Village was because of the Bigfoot Lodge...but until reader Bobby submitted a comment about his new neighborhood sign, I had no idea there was a Franklin Village, too. But after his wife spotted the sign, Bobby got a photo, and remarked that the neighborhood was home to "local hangouts of Birds, Upright Citizen Brigade Theater, and the Scientology Celebrity Center."

So now there's a Franklin Heights, a Franklin Village...and I have no idea whether either of them even connect to Franklin Ave.

Meanwhile, as we wrote in January that no one seems to know for whom Franklin Avenue was named after. Some have taken wild stabs, but it's still a mystery.