Articles about “grid”
Don't Miss The Last Two Manhattanhenge Sunsets
(Photo via nyclovesnyc's flickr) You have two more chances to see a Manhattanhenge sunset this year: tonight and tomorrow night. Try to see at least some of it with your eyes, and not through your phone...
Here Are Your 2013 Manhattanhenge Dates (Starting Tonight!)
Photos via mrgeneko's Flickr and michaelnyc's Flickr Prepare for your Instagram feed to be filled with sun porn—tonight is the first Manhattanhenge of the year, and it looks as though it may be ruined by rain...
Some Of The Greatest Images From The Greatest Grid Exhibit
The Museum of the City of New York is paying tribute to the New York City street grid (where would we be without it?), with a retrospective examining its 200 year history. The Greatest Grid is now...
The Manhattan Grid System Now Spans The World
What if The Commissioners' Plan of 1811, which put in place the grid system in Manhattan, was adopted by the entire world? ExtendNY has the answer, having now brought the grid to every inch of the...
Fifth Avenue By Central Park Now Officially The East Side
Audrey Gelman (via MBP Office) Last week, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer noticed that there was some perplexing signage on bus stops along Fifth Avenue extending from 110th to 59th Street, identifying the streets as West,...
What Side Of Manhattan Is Fifth Avenue On Anyway?
Audrey Gelman (via MBP Office) One of the best things about Manhattan is the grid, a constant reminder of logic and order in a city which is otherwise filled with questionable logic and a lack of...
Manhattan's Grid Turns 200 Tomorrow!
Among the many, many wonders of New York City the simple grid by which the majority of Manhattan is arranged is, arguably, the most wondrous. It is versatile, vibrant and, four times a year, a giant frame...
What If Manhattan Lost Its Street Grid?
What if Manhattan were without a grid plan? A digital design class at Columbia University has stripped the city of its organization, and replaced the street grid system with the grand boulevards of Paris. (There are some...