referring to something by where it is located

[Wilson Gray]

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On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 8:30 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
> There is also "Grub Street", earlier and lower than Fleet Street.

"Calle ocho" / "Eighth Street" -- Cuban Miami
"Cannery Row" -- the canneries are defunct, but the repurposed 'hood,
its main street, officially so named, is still there.
"Broadway"
"Wall Street"
"Fifth Avenue"
"Park Avenue"
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-Wilson
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