In very much the style of Falmouth 31-32
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I have discovered another Google Maps template for a 360 degree art event. This one, probably not surprisingly, is set in Ashville, our retirement destination.
The road is Murdock, but I’m going to call it Lock. Unlike Lock Ness in the UK, there are not one but a number of (traffic) islands in Lock Street. So is that the right thing to call it? Let’s call it Murdok Street for now.
Here’s an article mentioning the traffic islands. I’ll quote…
Then there are the newfangled traffic islands and speed bumps and humps. In Redwood Forest and on
MurdockAvenue, there are obstructions that look like something you’d find in a pinball machine. These devices, favored by the advocates of exclusion, force drivers to bob and weave and slow down to well below the posted speed limit. In some cases, these calming tools cause side roads to suddenly become one lane, setting the scene for collisions at whatever speed.
When exploring around Ashville about 2 weeks back, I came across one of these “pinball machine” obstructions, and, yes, it looked quite odd and puzzling. I was also instantly catalyzed by it, in retrospect. I knew that the two sets of traffic islands near the southern end of the road in question, almost mirror images of each other and set about 50 yards apart perhaps, were somehow important on not merely a traffic control level but also an artistic one. And now through the above linked article I find that these things are perhaps not even a decade old. They were not here during our 3 year stint in Ashville from the early 90’s.
So I’ve decided to name the street Ness Cherry, reversing the situation in Scotland. There we have Cherry Island (aka Murdock’s Island) as the lone one in Lock Ness, famous for its sea monster of course. Here we have a Cherry Avenue with several islands, all named Ness I suppose. Think that works. These islands have only come into being in the last 10 years — risen from the (gray, water-like) pavement surface as it were. This is similar to Cherry Island in Lock Ness, also artificial in nature. While Cherry Island has risen from the sea, nearby Dog Island, a natural one in contrast, becomes submerged.
And I suppose we can say that when Nessie surfaces from the water, it too makes a kind of island, and perhaps a chain of islands as well (!)
cherry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_Ladd
Ladd initially came to Hollywood in 1970 to begin a career in music (she was known as “Cherie Moor” when she was the singing voice of Melody on Hanna-Barbera’s Josie and the Pussycats animated series).[3] She soon began to land non-singing roles in commercials and episodic television—including guest appearances on shows such as The Rookies, The Partridge Family and Happy Days. The Charlie’s Angels series made her an overnight star, and Ladd took the opportunity of her sudden popularity to further pursue her musical interests, guest-starring in musical-comedy variety series and specials, performing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl XIV in January 1980, and releasing three albums, enjoying a Top 40 Hot 100 single and a Gold record.[4] In September 2000, Ladd starred on Broadway, taking over the title role from Bernadette Peters in a revival of Irving Berlin’s Annie Get Your Gun. She played the role until January 2001, when Reba McEntire took over.[5]
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