tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189482.post809615304177293202..comments2024-03-26T21:46:56.291-07:00Comments on The ZehnKatzen Times: [pdx, Street Blade Gallery] Unusual Portland Street Blade - SE 63rd and FlavelSamuel John Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514541030057763303noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189482.post-20819861586814090732008-03-12T04:40:00.000-07:002008-03-12T04:40:00.000-07:00Whoops, forgot to leave a name.-Josh, SE PortlandWhoops, forgot to leave a name.<BR/><BR/>-Josh, SE PortlandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189482.post-16985859151186345052008-03-12T04:38:00.000-07:002008-03-12T04:38:00.000-07:00I've seen another blade like that on SE 174th aven...I've seen another blade like that on SE 174th avenue and Emmert Ct (between Division and Main). IIRC, just like the SE 63rd blade, there's just a blade for Emmert, and nothing for 174th.<BR/><BR/>And the street is like SE 63rd as well - small with a dead end with infill houses, and most likely a private road as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189482.post-43279617011573135962008-02-12T23:10:00.000-08:002008-02-12T23:10:00.000-08:00@Stan:I guess I don't really have any "official" b...@Stan:<BR/><BR/><I>I guess I don't really have any "official" blades to compare this to, but I also noticed that the kerning in AVE is kind of wonky. It almost says AV E.</I><BR/><BR/>You're absolutely right – the kerning does seem inconsistent. I imagine that these forms are still arranged by hand, and sometimes if a letter's a little off it's okay, as long as the whole thing looks good.<BR/><BR/><I>I lived in Felony Flats (SE 77th & Duke) for literally three months in 2001. In that time, I heard gunfire on three different occasions (one of which might have been a car backfiring), and some sort of a police manhunt that was followed by a news chopper. In my book, it definitely earned its title</I><BR/><BR/>Fair enough. I certainly can't contradict you on that ... it's true that the area is a bit rough. The landlord of the apts we lived in at Lambert St and Flavel Dr had at least one gun, and this last year, a disabled veteran we knew there who ought to choose his friends a bit more carefully let one of them have one of his guns at a party where there was much alchol and the police got called out and one dude went to the hospital with a bullet in him. <BR/><BR/>But I knew quite a few fine, law-abiding people in that complex too, who never had (and never will) commited a crime. Just a little prole and maybe a little wierd. I think it's unfair on them to call the whole area Felony Flats, though it's hard to fight fashion. <BR/><BR/>That's just my thoughts, there. All on me.<BR/><BR/><I>On a side note, I noticed that you, too, refer to a Portland intersection by its quadrant first, then its two street names: "SE 63rd and Flavel." I too believe that this is the correct way. What always bugged me when I lived there were commercials and print ads that would say it as, "on the corner of 63rd and SE Flavel." It's SE 63rd, too, people - so why not say the SE part first so as to cover both street names?</I><BR/><BR/>That's a good question. Most heavy locals I meet, given an intersection, will usually encode the information (quadrant)(numbered ave)(named street). If someone were at the corner of SE 18th Ave and SE Stark Street, they'd say "SE 18th and Stark".<BR/><BR/>While I'm not sure why exactly this is so common, I know as far as I'm concerned that putting the named street first ("SE Stark and 18th") feels a bit more awkward. As long as we're saying the number first, it's important to note which quadrant we're speaking of – simply "18th" is too ambiguous, as there's an 18th Ave in NW, SW, NE, and SE. And if putting the name first comes off as awkward, then saying the quadrant in front of each street ("SE 18th and SE Stark") is even more so, as well as being redundant (if we're on SE 18th, we already know that the crossing street is also SE, so we can leave it out as it's understood).<BR/><BR/>Those are the little incidental thoughts that inform me as I encode it, anyway.<BR/><BR/>Interesting question. Glad you voiced it.Samuel John Kleinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514541030057763303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189482.post-74074443103682982912008-02-12T22:05:00.000-08:002008-02-12T22:05:00.000-08:00I guess I don't really have any "official" blades ...I guess I don't really have any "official" blades to compare this to, but I also noticed that the kerning in AVE is kind of wonky. It almost says AV E.<BR/><BR/>I lived in Felony Flats (SE 77th & Duke) for literally three months in 2001. In that time, I heard gunfire on three different occasions (one of which might have been a car backfiring), and some sort of a police manhunt that was followed by a news chopper. In my book, it definitely earned its title.<BR/><BR/>On a side note, I noticed that you, too, refer to a Portland intersection by its quadrant first, then its two street names: "SE 63rd and Flavel." I too believe that this is the correct way. What always bugged me when I lived there were commercials and print ads that would say it as, "on the corner of 63rd and SE Flavel." It's SE 63rd, too, people - so why not say the SE part first so as to cover <I>both</I> street names?stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13332368314010617781noreply@blogger.com