Little known fact: whenever city planning committees confer to name streets and blocks, they create poems as a working draft to keep everything organized.
"Though fog or night the scene encumbers, Why don't all buildings show their numbers On lintel, wall or door? Why can't a house say good and plenty, 'Hey look at me! I'm Nineteen-twenty, The joint you're looking for!' "Why can't our thoroughfares, our highways, Our squares, our streets, our parks, our byways, Have signs where all can see? 'I'm Lincoln Place.' 'I'm Pershing Corner.' 'I'm Avenue Ignatius-Horner.' 'I'm Boulevard Legree.' https://www.planning.org/pas/reports/report13.htm
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