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That's just quirky West Village stuff. I'd actually love to find a book on the history of why they abandoned the 90 degree corner and went off the grid pattern
by jermaustin1 8y ago
That's just quirky West Village stuff. I'd actually love to find a book on the history of why they abandoned the 90 degree corner and went off the grid pattern just for that small section.
- bradleyjg 8y agoWhen you go east of 6th things are still screwy south of 8th because of NYU and Washington Square Park. Then along Bowery / 4th Ave (!) things are screwed up again. It ends up being between 1/3 and 1/2 of Houston to 14th street that isn't a nice neat grid. At the end of the day it's arbitrary but I'd say the core grid part of the city is from 14th to 96th. Even within that it isn't perfect, for example Broadway goes whatever it feels like going, but mostly you aren't going to get lost there.