http://www.timesunion.com/local/item/Movoto-Californians-try...
"Of course, this isn’t an exact science — different article in The New York Times even list slightly different pronunciation guides, and different native speakers pronounce words differently. In the Bronx, the streets are lined with tricky titles, including Lyvere Street, Lowerre Place, Fteley Avenue and Schieffelin Avenue."
https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/01/pronouncing-th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_eponymous_streets_in_N...
It's a thing. That natives don't see it only makes it more a thing.