Oh, I'm so sorry Brock7; I called myself looking at all of the links you posted before I asked that question. I guess that link took so long to load that I just moved on and didn't see it. Thanks for reproducing this.
This is all so fascinating; the why's as to these streets that I've seen all of my life.
All of the explanations made sense to me except this one, I didn't understand:
"It is necessary to transfer this Base Line from Woodward Avenue to John R. Street north of the Six Mile Road for the very good reason that above the Six Mile Road there are not streets that start from or cross Woodward Avenue at right angles, and there are no streets that extend north of the Six Mile Road parallel with Woodward Avenue, while this relation does exist in regard to John R. Street, in this locality."
Seems that if it's parallel with John R, they should be parallel with Woodward, at least at 6 mile and soon there after. Is this the reason that in the Northern Suburbs, streets are not called "East" east of Woodward but further east, east of John R?
Thank you kindly. This is so cool.
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