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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. Holy Crap! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Is this the first story to feature a period at the end of the title?

  2. Re:Respect for the environment? by kaos07 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Adams was pretty famous for his environmental activism, in particular campaigning on behalf of endangered species. There's more info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Adams#Environmental_activism

    The point they're trying to make is that by renaming the street in his honour, they are both showing respect to the man and what he stood for.