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Group Hopes to Rename Street After Douglas Adams

Posted by Zonk on from the will-go-well-with-the-simpsons-motif dept.

interstellar_donkey writes "Despite the recent brouhaha over the renaming of 4th Ave after César Chávez, a Portland group is pushing to rename a local street after the late writer Douglas Adams. The street? Why, 42nd Ave, of course. According to their website, the renaming will reflect Portlanders' commitment to the arts, respect for the environment, desire to provide technological access to all, their passion to further education to all people, and most importantly remind Portlanders DON'T PANIC. This appears to be a serious movement, with preliminary paperwork already in the works."

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  1. Doh! Flanders! by CranberryKing · · Score: 5, Informative

    Actually Matt Groening is from Portland,OR and many of the Simpsons character are named after streets in Portland.

  2. Bad link by EvanED · · Score: 5, Informative

    I would strongly recommend not clicking that.

  3. NOT WORK SAFE by Almahtar · · Score: 2, Informative

    The link above got blocked by my stuff, but very little research reveals it's something you don't want to click on anywhere, especially not work.

  4. Re:Respect for the environment? by rucs_hack · · Score: 4, Informative


    For those who are interested, Douglas gave a lecture just a few weeks before his tragic demise. You can watch it here:

    http://webcast.ucsd.edu:8080/ramgen/UCSD_TV/5779UniCalSanBar.rm

    I've been a fan of douglas adams ever since I caught the very first broadcast of episode one of Hitch-hikers on the radio by pure, joyous chance.

    I was somewhat surprised in later years to realise that it was actually his factual work 'Last Chance to See' that was my favorite of all his works (thought the Dirk Gebtly books are a close second). I never much liked the h2G2 books, I prefer the radio play.

  5. Re:Respect for the environment? by achtzwerge · · Score: 2, Informative

    The irony is, his last speech had the title "Last Chance To See"

    Having read most of his books, I wish he was still around

  6. Re:Well, I AM from Portland, and it's in my hood by barkingcorndog · · Score: 2, Informative

    My thought was that one of the small one-or-two block long streets in the Hollywood district right next to 42nd Ave (like, say, the small alley that is 41st Place,) should be renamed "The Universe", that way someone can start a small deli in the old Fred Meyer building, and name it "The Restaurant at the end of The Universe". :-p There already is a Pub at the End of the Universe
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