Group Hopes to Rename Street After Douglas Adams 223
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."
Doh! Flanders! (Score:5, Informative)
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NOT WORK SAFE (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Respect for the environment? (Score:5, Informative)
For those who are interested, Douglas gave a lecture just a few weeks before his tragic demise. You can watch it here:
http://webcast.ucsd.edu:8080/ramgen/UCSD_TV/5779UniCalSanBar.rm [ucsd.edu]
I've been a fan of douglas adams ever since I caught the very first broadcast of episode one of Hitch-hikers on the radio by pure, joyous chance.
I was somewhat surprised in later years to realise that it was actually his factual work 'Last Chance to See' that was my favorite of all his works (thought the Dirk Gebtly books are a close second). I never much liked the h2G2 books, I prefer the radio play.
Re:Respect for the environment? (Score:2, Informative)
Having read most of his books, I wish he was still around
Re:Well, I AM from Portland, and it's in my hood (Score:2, Informative)