Today’s walk was a quick one, through an office park and industrial area at the interchange of New Circle Road and Winchester.  There weren’t a lot of surprises for me here, likely because I’m already familiar with this area.  But, some of the industrial use is a little more intensive than I expected.  It was also neat to see the back of one of the neighborhoods I walked recently (Brown Ave, from day 23) from the adjacent commercial/industrial street.

The south side of this stretch of New Circle Road is home to Paul Miller Ford and Paul Miller Mazda.  The Miller Family also has hands in a number of other area businesses, including Fortune Realty, Beasley Digital Printing and Fortune Collision Center.  Meanwhile, a business on the north side of the street features a large poster supporting Alison Lundergan Grimes as a Senate candidate, a tour bus for said candidate is parked nearby, as are a whole lot of cars with lots of “Alison” bumper stickers.   Two prominent local families have made this interchange a focal point, and this should emphasize its importance.

Back to street names.  “Jingle Bell” seems like an unusual name for a street, especially one that is so industrial.  My assumption has always been that, like many other streets in Lexington, it is named for a more or less famous Thoroughbred racehorse.  And though it may be named after a horse (three horses named Jingle Bell have their pedigrees listed), I think the “famous” part is in serious question.   And, the Paul Miller Ford building (at Jingle Bell and New Circle Road) has a hyperbolic paraboloid “saddle” roof  and is probably a lot older than the most likely Jingle Bell.