Although signs with official names may be hoisted onto a street corner, the public may create its own appellation which they feel more realistically depicts the characteristics of the area. A famous street may even be referred to by its unofficial title. Take, for instance, Vojvode Putnika, adjacent to the main Marshal Tito Street. During the Siege of Sarajevo, pedestrians and cars were fired upon as they rushed across the Skenderija junction on Marshal Tito. The people were partially protected by steel shield and shipping containers, but as the main boulevard turns into Vojvode Putnika and the protection falls, snipers had open shots. In the above photo, one can see the remaining bullet holes from such crossfire on the side of the building. “The Marshal Tito barracks were devastated, and the street around the corner soon came to be called Sniper Alley,” (Smajlovic) an infamous nickname which shed light on the gravity of the siege and disturbing events of the Bosnian War and the feelings of the people. ‘Sniper Alley’