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Of the infuriating ways the City o'Portland erects street blades, sometimes, at least this one is amusing. Allow me to introduce you to the street blade set in Riverplace at the traffic circle that serves as the intersection between Montomery Street and River Drive:
It's not that the city hasn't yet even updated this sign to confirm to the new South district (and besides, I kvetched about that in the last episode). No, it involves the misplacement and inversion of two letters on that sign. Note the W in the SW: the outer strokes are absolutely vertical. Now, notice the second M in MONTGOMERY. The outer strokes on that have angles.
The W in the SW is actually an upside-down M.
The 2nd M in MONTGOMERY is actually an upside-down W.
And it repeats exactly on the other side of the sign, too. Take my word for it. So, at least the city is consistent about it, which makes me admire them in a perverse way.
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