Interesting article — that’s how you typically orient yourself in a continental European city, too, according to the nearest church tower. I have to say the street grid itself is more important to me in Manhattan, but I’m a tourist 🙂
I know the street grid in most neighborhoods but the grid falls apart n some neighborhoods. There are sections with triangles, pocket parks, and Avenues that cross one another -Christopher Street and Sheridan Square is a good example, Fifth Avenue and 23th Street is another (Flatiron Building). So, checking out the towers which were south, could get you set straight.
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Interesting article — that’s how you typically orient yourself in a continental European city, too, according to the nearest church tower. I have to say the street grid itself is more important to me in Manhattan, but I’m a tourist 🙂
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I know the street grid in most neighborhoods but the grid falls apart n some neighborhoods. There are sections with triangles, pocket parks, and Avenues that cross one another -Christopher Street and Sheridan Square is a good example, Fifth Avenue and 23th Street is another (Flatiron Building). So, checking out the towers which were south, could get you set straight.
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