2 messages.-------------------------------Johnnie --------------------------------------------------------------------- : 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] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- : 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