[Leica] Union "square or triangle"

[lrzeitlin at gmail.com (Lawrence Zeitlin)]

Rab writes:

NY can be quite funny as they name parks and intersections squares which are

obvious triangles. And circles squares and visa versa. They don't sweat the

small stuff.
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TRADITION, TRADITION
In the old days a flat piece of ground in the center of town where people
met to talk or barter was named a "square" regardless of its shape. If it
was a public grazing field for farm animals it was a "commons." The name
Union comes from the fact that it was the junction of early New York's two
main roads, Broadway and 4th Avenue, which is now Park Avenue. Broadway
starts at the Battery, angles across Manhattan, and parallels the Hudson
River all the way up to Albany.
Larry Z