Re: [lace-chat] Roads/blocks

2003-11-26 Thread Lorri Ferguson
PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 12:18 PM Subject: [lace-chat] Roads/blocks Talking of block sizes and maps, I am always intrigued by USA street addresses, where the property number is often in four digits, for example 1358 Smith Street. Is there a 3 Smith Street

[lace-chat] Roads/blocks

2003-11-25 Thread W N Lafferty
Talking of block sizes and maps, I am always intrigued by USA street addresses, where the property number is often in four digits, for example 1358 Smith Street. Is there a 3 Smith Street? Is Smith Street really that long that it has over 1,358 houses in it, or is your numbering system based on

Re: [lace-chat] Roads/blocks

2003-11-25 Thread Esther Perry
digits, for example 1358 Smith Street. Is there a 3 Smith Street? Is Smith Street really that long that it has over 1,358 houses in it, or is your numbering system based on some other principle! Some other principle ;-)) Say that Smith Street runs North-South, and 13th Avenue crosses it

Re: [lace-chat] Roads/blocks

2003-11-25 Thread alice howell
At 07:18 AM 11/26/2003 +1100, you wrote: Talking of block sizes and maps, I am always intrigued by USA street addresses, where the property number is often in four digits, for example 1358 Smith Street. Is there a 3 Smith Street? Is Smith Street really that long that it has over 1,358 houses in

[lace-chat] Roads/blocks

2003-11-25 Thread 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

[lace-chat] Roads/blocks

2003-11-25 Thread Jane Viking Swanson
Hi All, In Brattleboro we used to have street numbers like Tamara. Then Vermont got Enhanced 911. Now if there is an emergency we can dial 911 for help, just like in big cities. However, that meant everyone got a new street number. Now the street numbers are how many feet (yards?) times 10