Date:  Fri, 6 Oct 1995 08:21:04 -0700

From:  Allen Maberry <maberry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]U.WASHINGTON.EDU>

Subject: Re: Another Lexical Item



I call those grassy strips between the sidewalk and the street "parking

strips". I've never heard them called parkways.

Allen

maberry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]u.washington.edu



On Fri, 6 Oct 1995, //www.usa.net/~ague wrote:



> Parkways and sidewalks

>

> Within the last 20 years after moving to Colorado Springs, CO, I picked up an

> extra definition for parkway, which previously connoted for me wide,

> green-scaped, paved roads.

>

> In CS, a lot of neighborhoods have 2 foot to 10 foot strips of grass running

> parallel to, and between the sidewalk and the street. These are called

> parkways as well.

>

> Have others seen this usage?

>

> -- Jim

>