[lace-chat] Roads/blocks

[Margot Walker]

Please note that in Canada, this only applies in the West, where the 
cities are relatively new.  In the East, where the cities date back to 
the 1600s and 1700s, there are no neat grids.  Usually the first address 
on each street is number 1 and go up to whatever the number of 
houses/buildings on the street.  But some cities are a little more 
helpful.  In those cities, the numbers on the first block are 1 to 99 at 
the most.  The second block numbers will start with 100, the third block 
with 200, etc.  However, as noted below, even numbers are always on 1 
side of the street and odd numbers on the other.  In my case it's very 
simple.  I live at number 1 and there is no other building on the 
street.  There is a parking lot facing the building.  If ever it is 
built upon, the building will be number 2.
On Tuesday, November 25, 2003, at 04:31  PM, Esther Perry wrote:

Some other principle ;-))
Say that Smith Street runs North-South, and 13th Avenue crosses it 
East-West.
The house numbers between 13th and 14th Avenue would all be 13xx, odd 
numbers on one side of the street, even numbers on the opposite. Then 
you have a city like Vancouver, British Columbia, where the numbering 
begins on the northern edge of the city, but the first so many streets 
are named, and after that become numbered. The housenumbers are 'out' 
by, I believe it is 1600. So that the house numbers between 28th and 
29th Avenue, on the streets running North-South would be 44xx.
The streets running North-South in the City of Vancouver are all named, 
but the house numbers all begin at Main Street. So even if you have a 
very short street, you can still have high house numbers.... Very 
confusing until you get used to the system and you can find any address 
just from its numbers. Esther
Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada
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