What's in a Prague street name

Originally published on X on 28 May 2024.

We’re still in ‘we’ve covered this, haven’t we’ territory: https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/10/12/prague-1-day-189-tynska/.

So far, we’ve had Týn, Týn Street and, now, Little Týn Street (or Týn Lane, if that’s how you’re feeling).

But we’re not without things to talk about.  For a start, U Černého jelena (The Black Stag) was also mentioned in the Týnská thread:

And U Černého slona (The Black Elephant) still has some of its 13th-century elements in the cellar.  From 1909 to 1990, it was a hardware store owned by Eduard Čapek, and then his son Antonín Čapek – the only private hardware store that remained open during communism.

The street also offers a different (read: less impressive) viewpoint on Kinský Palace (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/10/12/prague-1-day-190-staromestske-namesti-old-town-square/).