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Originally Posted by emathias
I don't think it's a coincidence that some of the most popular neighborhoods away from the Lake are bisected by diagonal streets.
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agree. one of my favorite aspects of lincoln square is the way lincoln ave. diagonally cuts across and interrupts the city's ubiquitous grid, creating more interesting and inviting intersections. some of the bigger 6 corner intersections where 3 major streets all collide can be more problematic (however, much of that is due to the way the traffic engineers of the past gave them over to the cars because they are such major choke points), but the smaller ones where you get odd street interactions/angles or view-terminating buildings because the grid gets interrupted are very welcome in city that is pretty monotonously and rigidly gridded for the most part.