Comments on: Ask Brent – Memphis Street Names

By: Brent Diggs

Brent Diggs — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:56:58 +0000

Johnny – I think that particular part of the map is where the MBA dumped out all the leftover names they couldn’t get rid of elsewhere.

Lindsey – It could be a coup, or it could be a conspiracy by guerrilla educators to demonstrate the definition of “colonial” by colonizing it all over the city.

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:03:41 +0000

Even though there are so many street names, I can’t help but wonder why we have, say, three Colonials. If I say I live on Colonial, someone can assume nothing because they are all over the place and in random order. Maybe that is a good thing. Maybe people don’t want to be found or are trying to throw you off by living on a street that is divided up incoherently among the city. I think I just discovered a coup.

By: Johnny Steph

Johnny Steph — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:05:46 +0000

My favorite example of the “logic” of stret names is the corner of East Parkway, Summer Ave, North Trezevant, and North Parkway. Two streets, four names, and lots of fun.

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=trezevant+memphis&ie=UTF8&split=0&gl=us&ei=9fsjSrqeIsOktgffwrXYBg&ll=35.150618,-89.981375&spn=0.007772,0.013733&z=16

By: Brent Diggs

Brent Diggs — Sat, 23 May 2009 03:19:00 +0000

Ashbrook – But it makes it feel like there’s so many more streets to get lost upon.

jeolmstead -I think that falls under the jurisdiction of the Memphis Motor Optometry Organization and their new program No Bifocal Left Behind.

By: jeolmstead

jeolmstead — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:57:50 +0000

And don’t foget that they are all written on little signs in a font too small to be read by anyone over 45 years old.

John O.

By: Ashbrook

Ashbrook — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:41:32 +0000

The directionally challenged have an even harder time with all these streets!