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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?
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Because the avenue grid is mostly parallel to the rivers, with streets
intersecting at 90 degrees, and Manhattan is not directly north-south.  I'm
guessing that on the winter solstice, the sunrise matches the street grid, too.
 
Todd Minsk, ferro-bibliographer
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