street names

[Jeffrey Watts]

On Sun, 26 Nov 2000, Kendric Beachey wrote:

> >   There are always some odd critters, like Southwest Boulevard, but the
> > name is again not one, but =two= clues:  "Boulevard" tells you that it
> > isn't likely going in a straight line, and "Southwest" gets more specific
> > about where it does go.

Actually, "boulevard" doesn't imply direction at all.  Boulevards are
broad landscaped roads, typically tree lined.  Obviously this is not
always the case, but then again there are a lot of things in this country
that don't make sense.  "National Pork Awareness Week" comes to mind as an
example.

Often the word "parkway" is synonymous with "boulevard".

Jeffrey.

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