Kevin Lynch notes as much in "The Image of the City", his book about urban form: > Paths proved to be the dominant element [of orientation] in terms of quantit

Kevin Lynch notes as much in "The Image of the City", his book about urban form: > Paths proved to be the dominant element [of orientation] in terms of quantity [...] The single exception was the shift in attention from paths and edges to landmarks, which was noted in Los Angeles. This was an striking change for an automobile-oriented city, but it may perhaps have been due to the lack of differentiation in the gridiron streets.