Template talk:Streets in Chicago

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I like the idea of doing this road template, but there are a few points I am going to bring up. There is no such thing as a diagnal road. The road is either east-west or north-south. Also, the South Side, North Side, this is something that only pertains to Chicago, and no one is really going to know what this means outside of Chicago. I suggest just making two sections, one being North-South and the other East-West and listing the roads afterwards. This is all just a suggestion in doing so, but ultimately it is up to you. I don't have examples of other city projects doing this, but I would suggest getting ahold of the US Highways project, or atleast seeing if they have a template already designed.--Kranar drogin 23:19, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

I've been thinking about this, and it is possible to list the E/W streets in order from N to S; Devon Avenue (6400N), Foster Avenue (5200N), Belmont Avenue (3200N), Diversey Parkway (2800N), North Avenue (1600N), Division Street (1200N), Oak Street (1000N), Chicago Avenue (800N), Hubbard Street (430N), Lake Street (200N), Randolph Street (150N), Madison Street (0N/S), DeKoven Street (1120S), Roosevelt Road (1200S), Maxwell Street (1330S), 95th Street (9500S), and the N/S streets in order from W to E; Pulaski Road (4000W), Western Avenue (2400W), Halsted Street (800W), LaSalle Street (150W), State (0E/W), Michigan Avenue (100E), Columbus Drive (254 E), Prairie Avenue (300E), Stony Island Avenue (1600E). The "diagonals" (and Wacker Dr) don't have a single number E, W, N or S, and so will have to be listed separately. Speciate 05:21, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

What does this mean? Just list them north to south if you want to, don't confuse it with a bunch of parenthetical numbers that make absolutely no sense. IvoShandor 01:00, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Alright, I have finally done some searching on this subject, and I find that this template is a mess (no offense intended to those who created and expanded). I did a search, and I find that two examples up in Canada [:Template:Streets in Toronto]] and Template:Streets in Montreal and one on the east coast Template:Streets of Manhattan. I personally would rather see the Chicago template more reflective towards the Canada templates, those look real nice.--Kranar drogin 01:12, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

I just got sent here from Talk:Rush Street (Chicago). All I can say is that I tried to get something startedt that would be useful. Everything here is always a work in progress. Just make changes you think are improvements and it will get better as long as there are no major dsagreeements.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 17:39, 23 October 2007 (UTC)