Objections may be raised to changing street names and house numbers. These generally come from those business or professional firms that feel a close identification of their activities with their street address. Objections are also raised, particularly in some of the older areas, if it is believed historic names will be discarded, and that the municipality will thus lose some of its individuality.
Also, some persons object to change per se, believing that if a previous system worked at a previous time, it should not be altered. The section on court decisions in this report discusses whether individuals have rights in maintaining existing street names. No duplication of names or numbers. It is preferable not to have differentiation by a suffix "street" or "avenue. In some communities "place" is used to indicate a minor street closely associated with a major street — for example, "St.
Anne Place" might be located a half block from "St. Anne Street. Continuation of a street name. A street should have one name only and should have the same name throughout its entire length. If the street is not a through street but is broken by intervening land uses and is laid out in substantially the same location at a more distant point, the same name should be used on all of the "links. In some communities, if a street jogs sharply, the portion of the street running in the different direction is given another name.
There should be base lines dividing the community into east, west, north and south sections. It is not imperative that the suffixes "east," "west," "north," and "south" be used if a continuous numbering system is used, and if there are not many through streets. However, if the numbers radiate from the base intersecting streets, and there are many through streets, it will be easier to have such suffixes.
Numbers on parallel streets should be comparable. If a parallel street does not originate at the same point as another street, the numbers should not begin with a low number but should begin with the same number on a parallel street measured from the base line.
Numbering should be uniform, based on street frontage. This should be done within blocks and between blocks. Even numbers should always be on one side of the street, and odd on the other.
Common practice is to place even numbers on the north and west sides of streets and odd numbers on the south and east sides of streets. It is good practice to distinguish between size and importance of street, and direction of street, by terminology.
For example, "street" might be used for east-west streets, and "avenue" for north-south streets, or vice-versa. Diagonal streets or heavy traffic bearers might be called "boulevard. Curvilinear streets might use "place," "road," "way," and "lane," etc.
The Committee on Terminology established by the American Society of Planning Officials may make recommendations for the use of these terms. Subdividers have found that there is greater "sales appeal" for houses on named streets, particularly if "romantic" names are used with suffices such as "place," "road," "lane," than on numbered streets. For example, the home purchaser prefers to live on "Rose Lane" than on "72nd Street. Natural barriers such as a river or lake front, a ridge, etc.
The heart of the central business district is a good "basing point" for such systems. There may be a shift in the location of the central business district at a later date, but such shift should not cause disruption of the street naming system.
Central business district retailers' associations may be very much interested in seeing that the street naming and house numbering system radiates from the central business district. For example, in Chicago, Western Avenue and Madison Street were selected as the base lines for dividing the city into quadrants.
The business interests in "The Loop" objected and were influential in establishing State Street and Madison Street as the dividing lines, even though that meant that there would be virtually no north-east quadrant of the city, due to the curve in Lake Michigan in that area.
In many communities, particularly in the Midwest, streets were laid out by law on the U. In some of these communities; the applicable regulations pertaining to the establishment of a gridiron street pattern have never been repealed. There also may be legal obstacles in establishing curvilinear street patterns or "super blocks" as well as perhaps some local street department reluctance to spoiling a gridiron street naming and numbering system.
Subdividers of large tracts have advised that street names be distinctive within a subdivision so that even though a visitor cannot immediately find an address on a curvilinear street, or in a cul-de-sac, he can immediately identify it as to its general location. When a new street naming and numbering system is put into effect, it should be done completely at one time and not piecemeal over a period of time.
Presidents, states, famous women, famous army and military heroes, trees, famous men, cities, are favorite street name choices. Descriptive names such as "Lake," "Main," "Church" are also common. Historical names are often selected. Streets may have interesting names which are in no way related to actual conditions, for example, a River Street may not be near any water, a Crooked Street may be straight, a Southport Avenue may not be close to a port.
It is not easy to select names, particularly for large cities. It was reported that London had approximately 5, street names, Paris 1,, New York 5,, Philadelphia 1,, Baltimore 3,, Cleveland 2,, Detroit 2,, and Chicago 1, Communities requiring the posting of numbers often specify the type of lettering, size of numbers, etc.
See the Tucson, Arizona proposed ordinance in this report. Some communities purchase these numbers, and others require the property owner to furnish them.
Some communities paint or stencil the house number on the curb as well as requiring it on the house door itself. Tulsa, Oklahoma, is based on a grid with the basic line Main Street running north and south and the Frisco tracks running east and west.
All the streets east of Main are named in alphabetical order for cities of the United States situated east of the Mississippi — Boston, Cincinnati, Detroit, Elgin, etc. All the streets south of the Frisco tracks are named numerically in sequence — 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. In all parts of the city, the house numbers start with the even hundred at each corner.
Suppose, for example, one wishes to go to Cincinnati. Everyone knows Main Street, which is one of the principal business streets of the city. Cincinnati is an eastern city, therefore he knows that Cincinnati Street is the second block east of main. All the streets that are named numerically lie south of the Frisco tracks. Therefore, he knows that house number is in the southern part of the city between 6th and 7th streets. All the house numbers on streets running north of the tracks have the prefix of the letter "N," thus making a clear distinction between and N.
An example of a small city that recently renumbered and renamed its streets, is that of DeQuincy, Louisiana, population approximately, 5, Addresses are often based on blocks. Main Street, between Broadway and 1st Avenue is , 1st Ave. That way, you now is about halfway down the block, no matter how many houses there are. The center of town is the point of origin from where the hundred blocks are measured.
The hundred blocks provide how far north, south, east or west you are from the center of town. An address is created up of a street and hundred blocks.
And if 2 small pieces of land get combined into 1 larger chunk, it goes up by 4. North is behind you, east to your left, west to your right. An even number is a number that can be divided into two equal groups. An odd number is a number that cannot be divided into two equal groups. Even numbers end in 2, 4, 6, 8 and 0 regardless of how many digits they have we know the number 5,, is even because it ends in a 4!
Odd numbers end in 1, 3, 5, 7, 9. Write the street address or post office box number on the second line. Write the city, state, and ZIP code on the third. The official list also showed that there were more Second streets than First streets. In fact, it found that Second Street was the most common street name in the U. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Skip to content. Search for:.
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