On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 06:39:17 -0500 Danny Wier <dawier@...>
writes:
> > BTW: What's a parkway? (Dictionary.com seems to be down ATM.)
> A type of freeway in a city. Why "park" is in the word I do not
> know, unless
> parkways originally led to parks....
> ~Danny~
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Thinking about the 'parkway's in the New York City area, it might be that
parkways are (were originally?) highways with trees and other thin strips
of 'natural' land around them in order to separate the highway from the
area it goes through.
-Stephen (Steg)
"hey hey! ho ho! this orange peel has got to go!"