The Off Topic Topic

[Barrister]

Numbers FTW.

Every street in Edmonton runs north-south, while avenues run east-west.  Downtown starts with 100 Ave and 100 St, and they go up or down the further you get away.  Building numbers also correspond to the nearest intersecting street.  My government office building's address is 10365 97 St, which once you know the system means you know it's just off of 103 Avenue.  So just by being given an address you know immediately which part of the city it is in, and can find it pretty easily even if you've never really been to that part of town.

No. Addresses aren't to help people find a place - they give character.

Helping to find a place is literally the entire purpose of having addresses.

[Richard Hakluyt]

Numbers FTW.

Every street in Edmonton runs north-south, while avenues run east-west.  Downtown starts with 100 Ave and 100 St, and they go up or down the further you get away.  Building numbers also correspond to the nearest intersecting street.  My government office building's address is 10365 97 St, which once you know the system means you know it's just off of 103 Avenue.  So just by being given an address you know immediately which part of the city it is in, and can find it pretty easily even if you've never really been to that part of town.

No. Addresses aren't to help people find a place - they give character.

In the case of Birmingham they act as a potent warning to never set foot in that city .

[Valmy]

Yeah it is hard to name things after civic virtues before you start sounding like a 1984 type deal.

"The Avenue of Strength Through Unity"
"Opposing the Oppressors Street"

[Eddie Teach]

In the case of Edmonton, weather maps perform that function.

[Barrister]

In the case of Edmonton, weather maps perform that function.

I'll have you know it's a balmy +5c today.

[Maximus]

Numbers FTW.

Every street in Edmonton runs north-south, while avenues run east-west.  Downtown starts with 100 Ave and 100 St, and they go up or down the further you get away.  Building numbers also correspond to the nearest intersecting street.  My government office building's address is 10365 97 St, which once you know the system means you know it's just off of 103 Avenue.  So just by being given an address you know immediately which part of the city it is in, and can find it pretty easily even if you've never really been to that part of town.

A number of cities in Alberta use that system and I've missed it.

Though I don't think I've seen a worse system than Saskatoon, which uses 5 different numbering systems plus random street names.

[Razgovory]

Man, cats are smart.  I told one of my cats that she needs to meow like her sister if she wants me to do something.  I can't read her mind, if she's hungry she needs to tell me.  An hour later they are both meowing at me.

[Barrister]

Numbers FTW.

Every street in Edmonton runs north-south, while avenues run east-west.  Downtown starts with 100 Ave and 100 St, and they go up or down the further you get away.  Building numbers also correspond to the nearest intersecting street.  My government office building's address is 10365 97 St, which once you know the system means you know it's just off of 103 Avenue.  So just by being given an address you know immediately which part of the city it is in, and can find it pretty easily even if you've never really been to that part of town.

A number of cities in Alberta use that system and I've missed it.

Though I don't think I've seen a worse system than Saskatoon, which uses 5 different numbering systems plus random street names.

You know, I used to think that system arose from when all these cities were founded.  But I googled and found no: it was because when an Edmonton-based natural gas company was expanding it encouraged those communities to switch to a edmonton-based numbering system.

https://ama.ab.ca/articles/history-alberta-street-design

Winnipeg might be worse though - not only is there no system, but because it used to be comprised of a bunch of different municipalities until they were merged in the early 70s you can be driving down a street, without making any turns, when suddenly the street changes name.  Some even change their name multiple times as you drive through the city.

[mongers]

Man, cats are smart.  I told one of my cats that she needs to meow like her sister if she wants me to do something.  I can't read her mind, if she's hungry she needs to tell me.  An hour later they are both meowing at me.

[Syt]

Sheilbh, are you following this account?

https://twitter.com/JamesII_Society/status/1336619362371981313

Society for the Canonisation of King James II&VII
@JamesII_Society

A sad anniversary in British history today as on 9th December 1688, William of Orange led his forces to victory over the Jacobites at Battle of Reading. This victory for William resulted in the initial flight of King James VII & II from England.

[Sheilbh]

I am now.

I think I'm the only person following that and the Cromwell Museum

Edit: Also obsessed with this comment - there's a lot going on:

Jose Allen
@joseeallyn
GRRRR! The proletariat struggled for years to u dermine the coup that brought MARY to the throne.What a mess. Don't forget the Smugglers of Kent and Sussex (clergy, laity, landed gentry ) who sought to undermine the Hanoverians. They paid with their lives, lands and livelihoods.

[Valmy]

The proletarian struggle for the Stuarts? 

[Syt]

 

[Duque de Bragança]

The proletarian struggle for the Stuarts? 

Define it.

[Habbaku]

The proletarian struggle for the Stuarts? 

What are the Scottish except the ultimate proletarians?