{"id":14426,"date":"2013-12-12T19:37:55","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T00:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=14426"},"modified":"2022-05-21T06:06:59","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T11:06:59","slug":"follow-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/follow-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Follow the Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Streets and roads appear frequently on Twelve Mile Circle and so do patterns. We can combine both as observed with any logical street grid featuring either numbers or letters. I&#8217;ll focus on the latter. Fortunately lists of alphabetical patterns appeared all over the Intertubes. So I sorted through a multitude of possibilities and selected a few of my favorites. This was not intended to be an exhaustive examination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">My Local World<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Original West Cornerstone - Washington, DC\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qaW9Q8e2O_g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My fascination probably originated with my longtime hometown, Arlington, Virginia. The north-south streets fall nicely into order for three complete alphabets plus the first letter of a fourth alphabet, <a href=\"https:\/\/transportation.arlingtonva.us\/streets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">as the county explained<\/a>. The number of syllables represented alphabet sequences, so Arizona Street &#8212; four syllables &#8212; fell within the fourth alphabet and became the final street on the grid (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/hJCsSqKvaxoYbWX48\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This location actually presented a triple-geo-oddity:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The only Arlington street in the 4th Alphabet.<\/li><li>A practical exclave separated by road from the rest of Arlington. It&#8217;s approachable only through Fairfax Co. or the City of Falls Church; and<\/li><li>The location of the <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=22708\">West Cornerstone<\/a> of the original District of Columbia.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/schuminweb\/10064409206\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/5451\/10064409206_7dda7da146_b.jpg\" alt=\"K Street NW. Photo by Ben Schumin; (CC BY-SA 2.0)\"\/><\/a><figcaption>A first alphabet street in Washington DC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I was also quite familiar with the Washington, DC alphabet system for east-west streets. The city went first to single letters of the alphabet. Then two-syllable words. Then three syllable words. And then, finally and somewhat enigmatically, to flowers and trees. <a href=\"https:\/\/ggwash.org\/view\/2530\/washingtons-systemic-streets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Greater Greater Washington<\/a> provided the best concise explanation I&#8217;ve seen. The final District street &#8212; all the way up next to the North Cornerstone &#8212; was Verbena Street. I wasn&#8217;t familiar with Verbena although apparently it&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/duckduckgo.com\/?q=verbena&amp;ia=web\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">flowering plant<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before we proceed I&#8217;ll note that I found anomalies and exceptions on all of the grids. Thus, there&#8217;s no need to point them out unless something truly bizarre comes to light. For instance, Washington, DC doesn&#8217;t have a &#8220;J&#8221; Street. That is common knowledge and <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtoncitypaper.com\/article\/215332\/why-are-there-no-j-x-y-and-z-streets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cited frequently<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tulsa, Oklahoma<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d103048.63563370092!2d-95.9746145!3d36.1843182!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x87b6edf35f91df87%3A0x60704381a20a4267!2sN%20Sheridan%20Rd%2C%20Tulsa%2C%20OK%2074115!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1624447401179!5m2!1sen!2sus\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, I think Tulsa might be my favorite instance. The city named North-South avenues located east of Main Street alphabetically for cities geographically east of Tulsa. The same pattern held for streets west of Main, named for cities geographically west of Tulsa. The pattern continued for quite a distance, too. Heading east it appeared to run for about two-and-a-half alphabets ending with Maplewood (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/ykgPcSFP1wbnqvga9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>), which could represent a town in Minnesota or New Jersey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tulsa won a 12MC award for creativity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Twin Cities, Minnesota<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d361201.66346189514!2d-93.79818638030852!3d44.98658637320696!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x52b34c61808c24d7%3A0x89e799a99377904b!2sBrockton%20Ln%20N%2C%20Minnesota!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1624447335360!5m2!1sen!2sus\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I stumbled upon a wonderful explanation and a detailed map that I can&#8217;t possibly improve upon at <a href=\"https:\/\/streets.mn\/2012\/12\/03\/when-you-plan-you-begin-with-a-b-c\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Streets.MN<\/a>. Somehow the site snagged a Mongolian IP address that shares a common abbreviation with Minnesota (&#8220;.mn&#8221;). Maybe I should grab a domain from Monaco so the 12MC website becomes 12.mc?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nic.mc\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Applications for persons or informal groups are not accepted<\/a>.&#8221; Darn. So much for that idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Twin Cities, Minneapolis and Saint Paul, and immediate environs developed an absolutely crazy number of alphabets. The website I referenced suggested a naming convention extending all the way to the second letter of the <em>eighth<\/em> alphabet, Brockton Lane. So that may set some kind of record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Denver\u2013Aurora Metropolitan Area, Colorado<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d1567659.2388580937!2d-103.06736648861335!3d39.87794600000001!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x876dae9cc669e347%3A0x3e3ce48c9cfca949!2sCalhoun%20Byers%20Rd%2C%20Colorado!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1624447555897!5m2!1sen!2sus\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Denver and surrounding areas certainly rivaled and maybe exceeded the Twin Cities for alphabetical street naming wackiness. The alphabets <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Street_grid_%28Denver%E2%80%93Aurora_Metropolitan_Area%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">went on-and-on<\/a> even into distant rural areas in the vague hope that maybe someday the matrix will fill-in. The last one seemed to be Calhoun-Byers Road, a distance of 45 miles (73 kilometres) from the grid&#8217;s baseline intersection at Ellsworth Ave. and Broadway!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New York City, New York<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d387190.27991796477!2d-74.25987642200447!3d40.69767006305886!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x89c24fa5d33f083b%3A0xc80b8f06e177fe62!2sNew%20York%2C%20NY!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1624447864793!5m2!1sen!2sus\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of 12MC readers live in New York City and I&#8217;m sure many were already wondering whether I&#8217;d mention Alphabet City in the East Village. The name derived from Avenues A, B, C and D, which ran through the neighborhood, the only single-letter avenues in Manhattan (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/7GoE9t7RDdL2TjUA8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>). That was nice and such, although it represented a measly four letters of the alphabet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were better alphabets in NYC. However one must leave Manhattan and enter Brooklyn to experience them. The Greenpoint neighborhood, just across the East River from Manhattan incorporated a partial alphabet from Ash through Quay with a couple of letters missing (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/L8kyP57NJsR3GibT8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Travel farther into Brooklyn and one can experience Avenues A through Z (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/x4ZqefsukuyvpPr49\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>). This might lead one to wonder &#8212; well, it lead <em>ME<\/em> to wonder &#8212; if the Sesame Street parody musical <a href=\"https:\/\/avenueq.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Avenue Q<\/a> happened to be named for this particular alphabetic progression. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.talkinbroadway.com\/page\/regional\/sfla\/sfla203.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">It&#8217;s claimed that it was not<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;The set of Avenue Q depicts several tenements on a rundown fictional street located &#8216;in an outer borough of New York City.&#8217; This fictional Avenue Q could be in the Midwood and Gravesend area of Brooklyn, where there are Avenues A through Z, with a few exceptions. One of those exceptions is Avenue Q. The street between Avenue P and Avenue R is known as Quentin Road, named for the youngest son of President Roosevelt. 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