[PLUG-TALK] For Portland natives

Rich Shepard rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
Mon Jul 12 22:27:02 UTC 2021


On Mon, 12 Jul 2021, John Jason Jordan wrote:

> The Willamette Meridian runs north and south through the Willamette Stone,
> located just off Skyline Blvd. Its baseline also runs east and west
> through the Willamette Stone. Meridians aim at the poles, like the
> sections of an orange. Unlike meridians, baselines do not converge;
> rather, they are like slices of a tomato. (It's easier for me to think in
> terms of food.)

My bad; it's the Willamette baseline that became Division Street.

Rich



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