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At least in the middle of Manhattan, I've learned to rely on the direction of cars up and down avenues to tell which way I'm facing. I know that Eighth Ave goes
by pradn 5y ago
At least in the middle of Manhattan, I've learned to rely on the direction of cars up and down avenues to tell which way I'm facing. I know that Eighth Ave goes up because I live and work around there, and so can extrapolate for the other major avenues. That, and that subway exits often given you their cardinal orientation relative to the center of the intersection they erupt from.
- remarkEon 5y agoThis may sound crazy, but after a while I could tell what direction I was going in Manhattan by how things ... smelled. Closer to Battery and I'm getting a little more peaty. Closer to Harlem or Morningside and I'm getting a little more rusty iron.