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by jimlongley
Fri Sep 10, 2010 2:58 pm
Forum: The Crime Blotter
Topic: Galveston: Today's mopes and dopes
Replies: 202
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Re: Galveston: Today's mopes and dopes

seamusTX wrote:
jimlongley wrote:Makes you wonder where Pierre L'Enfant got his ideas.
The street layout in Washington, D.C., looks an awful lot like Paris. They were built or rebuilt (in the case of Paris) at about the same time.

I don't know where the hub-and-spoke idea originated, but it made sense in the days of animal-powered transportation and shanks' mare.
jimlongley wrote:Oh well 8th and I is still a pleasant place to visit, as long as you are at the right one of the three.
Which city are you referring to?

- Jim
DC

BTW, I had the honor to teach a class in Byrdstown, TN, a few years back, where they have FOUR Main St.s
by jimlongley
Fri Sep 10, 2010 7:22 am
Forum: The Crime Blotter
Topic: Galveston: Today's mopes and dopes
Replies: 202
Views: 27293

Re: Galveston: Today's mopes and dopes

Makes you wonder where Pierre L'Enfant got his ideas.

Oh well 8th and I is still a pleasant place to visit, as long as you are at the right one of the three.

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