Water Street / ˈwä-tər ˈstrēt /, noun. 1.] the historic name of the main commercial thoroughfare in the Georgetown section of Washington, DC running along the eastern banks of the Potomac River that is home to the offices of Water Street Partners; 2a.] the name of the thoroughfare in Nantucket, Massachusetts that was the launching off point to hundreds of commercial whaling syndicates during the late 18th and 19th centuries that were some of the earliest forms of business joint ventures; 2b.] a street in Nantucket not far from the family home of one of our founders; noun phrase. 3.] literally “path to prosperity” according to classical Chinese interpretations.

Our logo is a Classical Chinese brush stroke of three horizontal dots in the Hsing Shu style of calligraphy. In Chinese tradition, three dots represent "water". Today, the three dots are frequently used as a radical – or root form – in many modern Chinese characters, although typically arranged vertically.