Peachtree is the name of just about every road in this town. For example, I could make it home by driving on Peachtree St, Peachtree Battle, Old Peachtree, or Peachtree Industrial.
It is highly confusing, even more so for the poor shmoes driving through this state for the first time.
If you ever happen to get lost in this town, my advice would be to get on I-285 and keep going until you reach the stop sign. Then turn left.
There are streets in Atlanta that don’t have Peachtree in the name. For example, La Vista Road and Briarcliff Road. Unfortunately, if someone describes something as being at their intersection, better ask which one – they intersect twice, several miles apart. And Briarcliff is only Briarcliff until it crosses Ponce de Leon Boulevard, at which point it becomes Moreland Avenue, just as Monroe Drive suddenly becomes Boulevard (no, really, it’s just called Boulevard) and Juniper Street becomes Courtland Street at Ponce. And don’t even ask about Lenox Road, which goes along just fine until it merges into Cheshire Bridge Road just south of I-85. If you cross under I-85 on Cheshire Bridge, you suddenly find after crossing Buford Highway that you’re . . . back on Lenox Road.
Of course, a true resident will just say “Pawnce” and omit the “de LEE-on” part.
Not that there’s any room to talk in Arizona. We pronounce the name of the town, Casa Grande, “Cass-uh Grand.”
Directions from my fraternity house to the apartment I lived in my Senior year.
Start on Peachtree Pl.
Turn left on Atlantic Dr.
Turn right on 10th St.
Turn left on West Peachtree St.
West Peachtree St. merges with Peachtree St.
Peachtree St. turns into Peachtree Rd. I don’t know why.
From Peachtree Rd., take a right on Peachtree Park Dr.
Actually, it’s more like “Paah-unce duh Lee-on”, in my experience (which included living on or within two blocks of Ponce from 1987 to 1994).
And yes, I noticed the lunch being planned. Haven’t decided whether I’ll be able to get away long enough that day (I work in Buckhead). And there is something to be said for maintaining an air of mystery . . . .