Talk:Street name

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How about hidden messages in street names?

If you look here [1], at Beatrice Road in Leicester, and look at the names of the roads between it and Pool Road, from west to east, you get I HARRISON. Which just happens to be the name of the person responsible for naming those roads. Morwen - Talk 11:56, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

I know that area very well but never noticed that. Nice spot, and it would make a good addition. violet/riga (t) 20:24, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Concession

Does "concession" in this article (which linked to a page about political concession speeches, which has now been turned into a disambig) mean concession (contract), or is an additional, more specific disambiguation needed? -- Jmabel | Talk 08:24, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Queens

Does this article really need so much detail on Queens County, NY? - Jmabel | Talk 03:08, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

I don't think it does. We already have three paragraphs on grid-based naming systems, and the article doesn't need such detail on every specific grid-based naming system on the planet. I'm all for having this information in Wikipedia, as long as it's moved to Queens and not kept here. Doctor Whom 01:52, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
I think that would be a fine solution. - Jmabel | Talk 04:11, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
Done. Doctor Whom 22:27, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] brokerage context

I find it a little silly that there is a full encyclopedia entry on the term "street name." Maybe I'm off here, but the term seems common sensical, analogistic to an entry for "hot water" or "car door." What I was looking for was a discussion of how safe investors should feel about shares held in brokerage accounts or "street name." Something akin to http://www.sec.gov/answers/street.htm. Now, there's something outside common knowledge and worth documenting.

“Common sense is very uncommon.” --Horace Greeley
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_is_not_paper
That said, you have a point. I will see if there's a good place for a blurb at the top of the page to direct to. --Lukobe 18:07, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
The brokerage context needs an article, too. And if we are going to do a disambiguation, we might also mention there that "street name" can mean "nickname", especially in a context of drug dealing. - Jmabel | Talk 18:03, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Confusing/unusual/notable cases

Is a section covering some of the more confusing or notable situations warranted? Examples could include Bordesley Green and Bordesley Green Road being two distinct roads, the former running east-west, the latter north-south, located in the area Bordesely Green, Birmingham (and giving rise to the question of whether Bordesley Green appears once or twice in the postal address for locations on the road) 128.232.250.254 17:20, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Corner of Pike and Pike, Seattle
Corner of Pike and Pike, Seattle
Yeah, a few of these might be nice. Seattle has a rather famous corner of Pike (Street) and Pike (Place), has a University Street and a University Way (commonly "the Ave") that are nowhere near each other (University Street gets its name from the old location of the University, which moved a century ago) and has an Olmsted-designed Ravenna Boulevard that is only sort of near Ravenna Avenue. But I think there are more than enough Seattle examples in the article already, and examples from elsewhere would be better; go for it. - Jmabel | Talk 18:11, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
Ravenna and Ravenna in fact cross each other, or, rather, Ravenna Boulevard's eastern end is at Ravenna Avenue, adjacent to Ravenna Park. --Lukobe 18:52, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
Does Ravenna Avenue extend south of the park? News to me. - Jmabel | Talk 07:18, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Name Parts

The part known as "indicator of the type of street, known as the generic" would better be "typic" instead of "generic"? It reflects a "type" not a "genera". This is not a trivial discussion, it is important for modeling. Is there a common convention for this designation? Comments please.--Connection 20:09, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Quebec

Does an article on Street names really need two separate sections on language politics in Quebec? I really think that one would do. - Jmabel | Talk 03:28, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Descartes in Utah

"In Salt Lake City, Utah, the road system is generally based off the headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints… Similar cartesian coordinate systems are used in other Utah cities and towns. Some towns in Indiana follow the same practice."

Are the systems elsewhere in Utah similar in being based off of LDS temples? And in Indiana? Or are these similar just insofar as they are Cartesian coordinate systems? - Jmabel | Talk 05:08, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Underreferenced

What else can I say? - Jmabel | Talk 05:08, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Grid Based Naming

Mannheim, Germany has an interesting grid layout where an address block can be referred to as just "A4" or "C7".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannheim

This could lead to a slight re-edit of this feature to include the concept of street naming in all the well known planned cities, most notably Washington, DC; Brasilia, Brazil; and even Longview, WA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_cities

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 199.67.138.83 (talk • contribs) 15 November 2006.

[edit] British street-naming systems

Does this warrant a separate article?? --SunStar Nettalk 16:13, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

In what sense. Obviosuly there is Great Britain road numbering system which covers the A, B,C & U along with M, or this some other way I am missing? Regan123 17:42, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Multiple names

I found another interesting example of this. Street signs on Main Street in Stanwood, Washington show both the locally used names of the streets and their official (numeric) names at the county level. Thus, Main Street is also 271st Street NW, and Girard Street is also 88th Avenue NW. We already have two examples of multiple names for a street (both of which show names in two different languages), but this still might be a useful illustration. - Jmabel | Talk 01:54, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Similar street names

All within a few hundred yards of me:

  • Bourne Road
  • Melbourne Road
  • Bournehall Road
  • Bournehall Avenue
  • Bournehall Lane
  • Bournehall School
  • and a few other similar names

Lots of people get confused. —82.21.250.171 23:21, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

London has several such clusters. —Tamfang 05:29, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] streets with no generic

In England (my last visit was in 1991, so memory is hazy) I noticed some streets with no generic. The only one I now remember is Castle Hill, in (i think) Nottingham. From their style and situation I suspected they might be old field-names. That is, once upon a time there was a named field, then houses were built on it and designated as "No. 1, Fieldname"; then, more recently, part of the field was paved and the resulting street remained "Fieldname". Dare I hope that someone can confirm or definitely quash my conjecture? —Tamfang (talk) 06:58, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

"Hill" is clearly the generic in that case. EdC (talk) 02:07, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Shambles

"The Shambles", derived from the Anglo-Saxon term "fleshammels" ("the street of the butchers") ...

My nearest dictionary says that shamble(s) meant the table on which meat (or other goods) was displayed for sale. Can someone dispute that? —Tamfang (talk) 23:45, 27 May 2008 (UTC)