Data driven: Some street names in Warrenton really do compute
, the co-inventor of the ENIAC computer, orThere’s also a Mauchley Court in Vint Hill. Paul suspects it should beWould spell check have caught “Mauchley”? Probably not, since it isn’t so good with proper names. And maybe it wouldn’t have helped in Springfield’s Daventry neighborhood, either. That’s where“All the streets are named for wildflowers,” Charlotte wrote. “We have such beautiful names as Belleflower, Lobelia, Spring Beauty, Shooting Star, Painted Daisy and many more.
“However,” Charlotte said, “the writing for the second letter A in CAMAS was handwritten in lowercase and the lowercase A looked like a U because it was not connected at the top!”lives in Derwood Station in Rockville. The streets in his development are named for cities or counties in Iowa: Oskaloosa, Indianola, Grinell, Algona, Buena Vista, Titonka, Anamosa, Mahaska, Monona, Wapello, Bettendorf, Dubuque.AdvertisementI’ve been to Iowa a few times. Lovely place, though I found the corn oppressive.
“I suppose ‘The Flintstones’ will be shown in reruns in perpetuity so the laughs will continue,” Bill wrote. While the Vantage street names took inspiration from “The Flintstones,” those in nearby Hybla Valley/Groveton are more redolent of “The Jetsons.” They’re named after aviation companies and aircraft. There’s Lockheed Boulevard, Fairchild Drive, Grumman Place, Northrop Road, Piper Lane and Beechcraft Drive.
Wrote Bill: “It’s not a coincidence that the nearby Beacon Mall on Richmond Highway used to be an airfield.”
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