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Don’t complicate street naming
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Posted on Jul 09 1999
Pardon me if I don’t get the point but… As I read the original street naming legislation, it seemed to be stated to be for the purpose of helping local populace, DPS, and tourists rapidly find places with simple, easy to pronounce and remember street names.
I did not see anywhere that it said anything about memorializing the process.
Do not get me wrong, I have nothing against anybody but I cannot pronounce some proposed Chamorro street names and could not pronounce a Carolinian street name for the life of me. If I have that much trouble I can guarantee that no tourist will ever succeed. Heck, I know some Carolinians who cannot pronounce them. Plus, as a practical matter, it seems to me that most Carolinian names are probably too long to fit on a street sign anyway.
I happen to live in San Antonio village and those streets were named over 50 years ago as anyone who bothers to look at their deed can see.
The East/West streets are named with letters beginning with “B” avenue on northern edge of the village and proceeding South with “C”, “D”, etc.
The North/South streets begin with 1st street and proceed with 2nd, 3rd, etc.
Therefore, I live on the corner of G Avenue and 7th Street. Simple huh?
As a simple suggestion (which will probably be ignored for that reason), go back to the original intent of the legislation and proceed from there. In the case of streets that are already named such as the ones in San Antonio village, Beach Road, Middle Road, As Lito Road, Airport Road and others, leave them alone because nobody is ever going to use any other name than those anyway.
Frank Oliver
San Antonio Village
