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    : Thu, 22 Jun 1995 11:49:01 -0700 (PDT)
    : Roger Wheate <[log in to unmask]>
       : Re: Solstice
 
I assume then, that these streets are really southeast-northwest. (Out
here in the west, where streets are truly east-west, this phenomenon
occurs on the equinoxes, not the solstices.) Can you enlighten us as to
whether this design in Manhattan was deliberate and the history behind it?
 
 
 
Roger Wheate
Part-time druidic studies
UNBC
 
 
 
On Thu, 22 Jun 1995, Johnnie D. Sutherland wrote:
 
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> It's cloudy today in New York, but I just wanted to make sure that all you
> followers of the sun on the horizon (Jim Minton et al.) know that the
> "east-west" streets in Manhattan (in the great City of New York) are oriented
> so that on this day (June 21), the sun will shine directly (or almost) down
> the streets as it is about to set.  Jim, have you ever been in New York for
> the summer solstice?  Anybody else?
>
> Nancy Kandoian
> NYPL Map Division
> [log in to unmask]
>
 
 
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    : 22 Jun 1995 16:32:16 EST
    : "EDWARD J REDMOND" <[log in to unmask]>
       : " A GOTHAM SOLSTICE"
 
 
          Are  you suggesting that  the  sun rises and falls  on  the  NYPL
          rather than the British Empire?
          Ed Redmond
          G&M,LC