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Re:Comparing City Street Orientations by oh_sigh on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @05:13PM (#17510328)
OP is wrong. The grid system was laid out before central/northern Manhattan was developed. No fire required. They may be confusing with London, Paris , Amsterdam, Atlanta, etc
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Re:Comparing City Street Orientations by yread on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @05:42PM (#17510513)
Amsterdam is not regular because of fires. It's radial grid is the first urban planning ever done - Amsterdam drew the streets far out and people settled them over the next 100 years or so
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