A neighborhood by any other name

December 31, 2005 at 5:57 pm | In Seen around town | Comments Off

Did a double-take today, driving south on Fauntleroy just past Fairmount Park, in what we have always known as the Fairmount Park neighborhood. A green and white sign is up on the west side of the street, just past the stoplight south of the school, saying “Welcome to Fairmount Springs … our neighborhood.” Springs? As in, Palm Springs? (with which even Alki Beach would never be confused, and as a desert-hater, we say, damn good thing) Is this some subversive new neighborhood-naming campaign, like whatever in the world gave rise to “West Edge” in the downtown spot by the viaduct’s Seneca offramp?

Pothole Alley, perhaps. But not Fairmount Springs. “Park” sounds classier, in fact.

Coming up later … our West Seattle Year-in-Review. Highly subjective, of course. But bound to be fun!

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