Favourite Road In Brixton.

[Orang Utan]

Yes, but mews are now mostly private residences. You can park in them, you can drive through some of them, some are dead ends, so I want to know whether they're streets or roads or thoroughfares or what. This is important. Orang Utan needs to know

eta: OU has already stated that mews are "little" streets, so that's that sorted.

What about cul-de-sacs?

They're all streets! Stop asking!
Only motorways aren't streets

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

A French street with a wide multilane road

There's boulevards in the UK

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

They're all streets! Stop asking!
Only motorways aren't streets

What about Esplanades?

 

[Orang Utan]

What about Esplanades?

Hush now

 

[Orang Utan]

There's boulevards in the UK

Named by pretentious Victorians, no doubt

 

[gaijingirl]

Squares!!

 

[Favelado]

They're all streets! Stop asking!
Only motorways aren't streets

You could make a case either way about squares.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Named by pretentious Victorians, no doubt

More likely modern-day pretentious property developers.

 

[Orang Utan]

The square I used to live in is definitely a street, but I grant that a question mark hovers over the square in this matter

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Has anyone mentioned terraces?

 

[Orang Utan]

More likely modern-day pretentious property developers.

Yah

 

[Orang Utan]

Has anyone mentioned terraces?

These are all just types of streets.

 

[gaijingirl]

actually forgot to mention Brixton Station Road...I really like that road/street.. whatever - because I love coming down the tunnel from the Rec and BOOM into some thumping music, tons of smells and all kinds of people everywhere. It's always brilliant.

 

[Favelado]

Big roundabouts like Piccadilly Circus - oooh maybe a grey area there?

 

[Orang Utan]

Big roundabouts like Piccadilly Circus - oooh maybe a grey area there?

No, street

 

[Favelado]

No, street

Piccadilly Circus is a street? I don't know you know.

 

[Orang Utan]

How is it not a street? Cos no one lives on it?
Is that what makes a street? I don't know any more!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

No, place could mean a room or a building, rather than a street

What about Parks, like Elm Park?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Hush now

Here's someone's definition

To answer this question, we must first realize what streets are NOT. Streets are NOT roads. Roads are designed to connect two places (towns, cities, neighborhoods, etc.) They are meant for transportation, typically via a motor vehicle. Roads do not contain, or sparsely contain, homes, stores, and businesses.

In contrast, streets are located within towns, cities, and neighborhoods, and provide much more than transportation. Streets are lined with homes, store fronts, and businesses. Streets are intended as a public place where people can mingle, conduct business, live, and play. Despite what your mother says about playing in the streets, actual streets are great for playing. If this seems like a crazy concept to you, I will point you to the following three videos.

 

[MillwallShoes]

Orang Utan you bloody pedant

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Now that we've hashed out roads and streets, what about the alleys, avenues, boulevards, circles, courts, drives, expressways, highways, lanes, parkways, paths, places, squares, terraces, trails, ways and other roadway name suffixes we use? Here are some select definitions (that aren't always followed):

An avenue is traditionally a straight road with a line of trees or shrubs running along each side, which emphasize arrival at a landscape or architectural feature.
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A boulevard is usually a widened, multi-lane arterial street with a median and landscaping between the curbs and sidewalks on either side.
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A court is a short street that ends as a cul de sac.
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A drive can be short for driveway, a private road for local access to one, or a small group of structures. Other times it refers to meandering, rather than straight, roads and highways.
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An expressway is a divided highway meant for high-speed traffic.
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A freeway is a road designed for safe high-speed traffic through the elimination of intersections at the same grade or level.
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A highway is a main road intended for travel between destinations like cities and towns.
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A lane is a narrow road or street usually lacking a shoulder or a median.
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A way is a minor street off a road in a town.

Read the full text here: http://mentalfloss.com/article/30020/whats-difference-between-street-and-road#ixzz2NuKIEJXp
--brought to you by mental_floss!​

What about Hills OU?

 

[Orang Utan]

What about Parks, like Elm Park?

Elm Park is a street. You know this. Stop asking dumb questions

 

[Orang Utan]

What about Hills OU?

I told you once.
If it's the name of a street, it's a street. Like Tulse Hill. If it's just a hill, like Box Hill, it's a hill

 

[Orang Utan]

Here's someone's definition

Whose definition? I broadly agree with it, with some qualifications

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Elm Park is a street. You know this. Stop asking dumb questions

What about parades?

 

[Orang Utan]

What about parades?

What do you reckon?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

What do you reckon?

Not streets.

 

[Balham]

Box Hill is a hill with a road so it must be a street.

It rests that I asked about favourite roads. I have no time further time to discuss the ins and outs. As I typed earlier, if someone wants to start Your Favourite Street then cool.

I off out for a walk down the Avenue, then continue on into a Rue (as I'm in France) then a Place.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Box Hill is a hill with a road so it must be a street.

It rests that I asked about favourite roads. I have no time further time to discuss the ins and outs. As I typed earlier, if someone wants to start Your Favourite Street then cool.

I off out for a walk down the Avenue, then continue on into a Rue (as I'm in France) then a Place.

No boulevards?

Blame OU for this thread disruption

For some reason, the thread title irritates me. It should be 'favourite STREET in Brixton'. Don't ask me why though.​

 

[Orang Utan]

Box Hill is a hill with a road so it must be a street.
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What? Eh? No!
A hill can have more than one street on it. A hill is more than just a street!