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Similar to many cities having catastrophic fires (New York, Chicago) which allowed them to rebuild their streets on a grid system. Vs Boston, which never had a
by ProjectArcturis 3y ago
Similar to many cities having catastrophic fires (New York, Chicago) which allowed them to rebuild their streets on a grid system. Vs Boston, which never had a great fire but which is known today for the phrase "You can't get there from here."
- turndown 3y agoChicago had a grid system before the great fire, maybe NY is a good example of this but I do not know. See this[0] 1869 map which shows Chicago was already quite regularized 0: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/1869_Blanchard%27s_map_of_Chicago_and_Environs.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/1869_Bla...
- ericjmorey 3y agoIt's not. The older parts of NYC are still not on a grid, there was no massive fire in NYC that needed to be rebuilt. They may have been thinking of London `¯\_(ツ)_/¯`
- caboteria 3y agoWe've had a couple of big fires: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Boston_Fire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Boston_Fire Somehow they didn't result in exchanging grids for winding streets. The back bay, though, is newer than other parts of the city and it's a grid.
- technofiend 3y agoRe, Boston: The way I heard it was "Three rights make left, except in Boston."