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...Stonebrook Lane” seems to be a worthy replacement. This more chaste title was inspired by another spiffy development in Westchester, NY and has been praised by residents as both “innocuous” and “nice.” Not only is the name without connotation, it sounds like it belongs near a country club or a babbling brook, which might boost real estate prices significantly. Further, the proposed name was intelligently designed—“lane” instead of “street”—to avoid...

Author: By Theodore S Grant | Title: Hooker, Please | 11/9/2005 | See Source »

...sign has been stolen countless times for its novelty value. In response to these annoying pranks, residents have moved the sign high enough so that potential crooks can’t read it. Effective, but more can be done. If the street name was changed to “Stonebrook Lane,” the only people who will want to steal it are senior citizens eager to decorate their backyard ponds...

Author: By Theodore S Grant | Title: Hooker, Please | 11/9/2005 | See Source »

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