tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189482.post3375116661170098131..comments2024-03-26T21:46:56.291-07:00Comments on The ZehnKatzen Times: [pdx, Address_Nerd] Quietly Quirky Portland Street SignsSamuel John Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514541030057763303noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189482.post-74438449335591357072007-11-01T00:59:00.000-07:002007-11-01T00:59:00.000-07:00No real information, but some inspired speculation...No real information, but some inspired speculation.<BR/><BR/>I've always thought, in this wise, that people's perceptions abhor a void. In this case, calling this street simply "SW Parkway" even though that might be the official spelling of the name seems incomplete.<BR/><BR/>Someone looking at the name thinks that something is missing...SW "what" Parkway? Or they wonder if that's Parkway Dr, Parkway St, Parkway Rd...etc.<BR/><BR/>My thought is that it eventually evolves, through changing use...a new street blade here, a map printing there...into a more conventional form. Those making city street maps for retail are looking at the word and saying to themselves "That can't be right...they must have meant SW Park Way...and so it goes.Samuel John Kleinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514541030057763303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189482.post-32241301122812501172007-10-31T20:59:00.000-07:002007-10-31T20:59:00.000-07:00The second time I visited here in July of last yea...The second time I visited here in July of last year, I actually did take a bunch of sign blade photos because indeed, they are interesting. I may have to dig those out of the hard drive and Flickr 'em.<BR/><BR/>One new item came to my attention today regarding streets named ***way—while I was at <I>work,</I> of all places. Seems that there's a business in our database that's located on SW Parkway in Portland, and when I looked it up tonight, Google shows it as <A HREF="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=sw+park+way,+portland,+or&sll=45.50858,-122.782624&sspn=0.002199,0.005804&ie=UTF8&z=15&iwloc=addr&om=1" REL="nofollow">SW Park Way</A>. Certain <A HREF="http://yp.yahoo.com/py/ypMap.py?Pyt=Typ&tuid=24977540&ck=3725142377&tab=B2C&ycat=7843839&city=Cedar+Hills&state=OR&uzip=97225&country=us&msa=6440&cs=4&ed=wtmp661o2TwKjQU8p7TB4uAUMJK4slaOiUo6GDrfkaSpzg--&stat=:pos:3:regular:regT:14:fbT:3" REL="nofollow">sites</A> show it as SW Parkway, though. Any insight, Sam?stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13332368314010617781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189482.post-50650816918530263042007-10-31T08:29:00.000-07:002007-10-31T08:29:00.000-07:00Thanks for the geekout, my friend. I've been needi...<I><B>Thanks for the geekout, my friend. I've been needing my fix of Portland address nerdery lately.</I></B><BR/><BR/>Well, I've been hiding the Nerd under a bushel for a while. Might be time to haul him out for a little tear–especially since it makes you happy there...<BR/><BR/>Notice that you got back here to Stumptown in your own blog there. Hope Missouri is treating you and yours alright–now that you're a Carthaginian, the world should be your oyster, after all (I mean, it took the Romans to put them down, didn't it?)<BR/><BR/><I><B>...although Google Maps shows them as SE Reedway St. and NW Wardway St., but left NE Broadway alone. Odd.</I></B><BR/><BR/>I think those mappers take their database cues from other less authoritative sources, for instance, back in the 90s, based on a similar misspelling of NW Albemarle Terrace, I was convinced that Thomas Guides were cribbing from Pittmon...but I digress.<BR/><BR/>I always dreamed of creating the definitive printed map of Portland...maybe I ought to start researching that.<BR/><BR/>Oh, hey, come to that, if you have any interesting street sign photos of Carthage and the surrounding area, I'll post 'em here. I love Portland street blades, but all street blades really interest me.Samuel John Kleinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514541030057763303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189482.post-34265469954151926372007-10-31T05:51:00.000-07:002007-10-31T05:51:00.000-07:00Thanks for the geekout, my friend. I've been needi...Thanks for the geekout, my friend. I've been needing my fix of Portland address nerdery lately.<BR/><BR/>I too have noticed those three streets, Broadway, Reedway (delivered pizza near there in the early 90's) and yes, even Wardway (I worked at Monty Park for a spell) although Google Maps shows them as SE Reedway St. and NW Wardway St., but left NE Broadway alone. Odd.stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13332368314010617781noreply@blogger.com