Speaking of Streets and Naming, anyone know why numbered streets 1-40something are northside going east-west and then 50something - 99th st are on the east side going north south??? Also has anyone noticed in the last 10 yrs the postal service (I guess) or the city has renamed all streets to "street" unless it was a major street. Since Gail Borden designed the streets of Houston in the mid 1800's most streets in Houston going east-west were AVENUE (exp: Capitol Ave, Texas Avenue, Polk Ave, Dallas Ave, Gray Ave) and north south streets were STREET (exp: Main St, Fannin St, Smith St) of course there were exceptions Like Harrisburg Blvd, Westhiemer Rd, Wayside Dr.... but now all the Ave's are Street, I grew up on Capitol Ave and now its Capitol St, I notice Dallas is now ST and so are most others, a few other were just to popular to change I guess, like Richmond Ave, Washington Ave....??? When I was editor of the Houston Community College Systems newspaper I was going to write I story about this but i never could get an answer.