Jones and Jones

[Laurence Horn]

At 11:41 AM -0400 8/16/02, James A. Landau wrote:
>Yesterday I took my daughter and two friends of hers to visit the NYU and
>Columbia campi.

Are you sure that's the right declension?  I don't have my Latin
grammar on me but I fear that's not it.

>
>While driving up Center Street from the Holland Tunnel, my daughter asked,
>"Don't they have numbered streets in Manhattan."  I said yes, they hadn't
>started up.  We promptly found a parking lot on what should have been 3rd
>Street but which according to all the signs was "Great Jones Street".

Yup, it's been around for awhile.  Not as obvious a name choice as
Astor Place, I'll admit.

>
>I've heard of "Great Scott" but never "Great Jones".  Didn't she publish a
>magazine?

No, that was Great Jones's mother.

L