Since our members came from different parts of the country, each with his/her own road preferences, we decided not to name the layout. However, we do name things on the layout after members from time to time (a fairly common practice in the hobby), often in deference to an inside joke (also a fairly common practice). Some include:
- My contempt for traction tires prompted Dustin to rename the warehouse view-block to "Jackson Tires -- you get more traction from Jackson".
- "Bryant Falls" is a waterfall named for Bob Bryant, who took a fall near that area when a board broke on the door threshold.
- We named a park on the layout after the former regional director of Los Angeles Recreations and Parks Department because she took a liking to use for how we rehabilitated the building, setting up at Pershing Square every December, our service to the local school on the park grounds, and City visitor comments (her last official act was having a new roof put on our building -- caught us completely by surprise).
- A couple of businesses are named after members.
We occasionally re-work some buildings and when that happens they'll likely get new names. We're looking at putting up a building to match an ad we put on another building for "Swindell, Goneph and Ladron -- Investment Brokers -- If you've got money, we're not finished!" Goheph and ladron mean "thief" in Yiddish and Spanish, respectively. By the way, if you want to use that, e-mail us the city you're in and we'll add your "office" to the list so we can say "Offices in Los Angeles, ... ".
