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=== Street-naming conventions ===
[[Street name]]s may follow a variety of themes. In many [[North America]]n cities, such as [[San Francisco]], USA, and [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]] and [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], streets are simply [[numbered street|numbered sequentially]] across the street grid. [[Numbered street]]s originated in the United States in [[Philadelphia]] by [[Thomas Holme]] who laid out the original plan for the city in 1683. [[Washington, D.C.]] has its numbered streets running north–south and lettered or alphabetically named streets running east–west, while diagonal avenues are typically named after states. In [[Salt Lake City]], and many other [[Utah]] cities, streets are in a large grid and are numbered in increments of 100 based on their location relative to the center of the city in blocks. A similar system is in use in [[Detroit]] with the [[Mile Road System (Detroit)|Mile Road System]]. In some housing developments in North America and elsewhere, street names may all follow the same theme (for example, bird species), or start with the same letter. Streets in [[Continental Europe]], the [[Middle East]], and [[Latin America]] are often named after famous people or significant dates.