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From: alex
To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum
Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 1:22 PM
Subject: query about Alexis Avenue from Alexey

Dear List members and especially the New York residents among you,
 
Could you tell me, what real avenue, or street, is meant by Ada's "Alexis Avenue" (on which Van has his wing a terre, "between Manhattan's Library and Park")? I have some ideas about possible origins of the avenue's fictional name, but I know little about New York's real streets and avenues.
 
Thank you,
Alexey