On Broadway is at 6th and Broadway (For you people who aren't familiar with NAUNL that would be the 600 block of Broadway. Pretend Broadway is "D Street.
Feel free to read below for a lesson in NAUNL or
North American Urban Navigational Logic:
For those of you who grew up in a somehat rural area, we offer the following lesson in Urban Navigation Logic (UNL). Usually in an urban or suburban area, city streets are named in a specific scheme such as the names of trees, presidents, states, numbers, letters, fruit, the periodic table of elements or flavors of ice cream. As opposed to the rural naming standard like, "Brewery Road "Okeefenokee Beltway" or "the road three miles past the red barn with three hex signs on it." Usually there are numbered streets and in most cities with a major water port, the closest street running perpendicular to the port relates to the body of water: Harbor Dr., River St., Bay Ave., Ocean Dr., Delaware Ave., Hudson River Dr. or even Benjo Ditch Lane. After the body of water street there will usually be a "Front St." After Front street there will usually be first, second and so on so that the higher the number, the further you are from the port. All streets running perpendicular to the numbered streets will be named in a standard usually going north to south starting with "A" street; however, there will often be exceptions to this rule due to the era of the urban expansion of a city or the specific influence of one of it's founding fathers or favorite sons. There will almost always be a Market St., State St. Commerce St. or Main St. somewhere in the downtown area which will usually interrupt the naming standard and depending on the importance of a historical or local, significant event you may find streets that also interrupt the naming standard such as Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Danny Thomas St., Frank Rizzo Lane or even Flatulence Way. When using the category naming standard such as the tree name or gem name standard, they will often run in alphabetical order, for example: Ash St, Birch St., Cherry St, Dogwood St. One exception to this rule is in the presidential naming standard which will usually run chronologically according to what order said president held office. This explains why there are so many "Adams", "Washingon" and "Jefferson" streets around the country. Persons who name streets are often unimaginitive and run into a problem with certain letters and rather than peruse their botanical tomes for a solution will simply cheat and throw in a weed or vine or of course, change the naming scheme altogether. For some reason, no one wants to name a street "Japanese Red Split-leaf Maple" no matter how beautiful the tree is. Luckily for you, San Diego follows the most popular naming standard almost to a "T" and you can find 6th and Broadway (Substitute for "D" street) quite easily if you apply this to your urban navigation logic.
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David Midnight Patrone
Urban Navigational Logic Founder and Co-Host
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By Amy (Blueangel) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 - 08:08 pm: Edit