Posted Nov 19, 2019, 11:53 PM
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Originally Posted by proghousehead
With NYC; the sheer mass of the buildings and the diversity in the Avenue streetscapes make up for the monotony of the grid. Meaning; Park, Lex, 5th, Madison are all so vastly different In their make up that its still exhilarating to explore, in spite of the straightness.
In addition, Manhattan has plenty of crazy windy urban streets equal in chaos to London (below 14th) that it has a best of both worlds typology.
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Good point. But if grids need Manhatten-level diversity and density than I think grids suck lol
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