"Resolved - That the following names for new streets be approved: ... Empire Drive for a new street off Richview Street on the property of Rental Holdings Ltd, and Mr. Thomas Lindsay. (IC, 3rd June 1936).
"Many streets were named after leading figures of the day — Kitchener, Methuen, Carrington, Disraeli, Moltke, Balfour, Elgin, Haig. Others reflected the Empire’s expansion — Canada, Monteal, Hudson. Of course there was an Empire Street, and nobody believed Klondyke Street was paved with gold". ("Strange sounding names from Far Away Places") by Michael McRitchie in Belfast News-Letter - Tuesday 14 May 1974.