Re: OT: Place name constituents

On 21/05/06, Dana Nutter <d_n@...> wrote:
> > [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Tristan
> > Streets with names like "The Avenue", "The Boulevard" etc. are common
> > in Melbourne, but they've always got the "The" before the type. But my
> > favoritist street name is "High Street Road", which goes to/continues
> > one of the High Streets here. In this city which prides itself on
> > trams, the only "Tram Road" is one which has none, although apparently
> > in the ancient past it did.
>
> When I was down there a few years ago, I read an article in the paper
> where there was some controversy about changing St. Kilda Road to St.
> Kilda Boulevard.  Did they ever change it?
No (and the somewhat similar Flemington Road and Royal Parade remain
the same too). I'd never heard of that proposal though. They have
though changed "Spencer Street Station" to "Southern Cross Station",
which I would've thought required a relocation and an interstellar
train ride, but apparently not...

--
Tristan.