http://goodspeedupdate.com/2007/2069 Rob Goodspeed's blog Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:37:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://goodspeedupdate.com/2007/2069/comment-page-1#comment-17952 Rob Sat, 10 Feb 2007 22:37:05 +0000 http://goodspeedupdate.com/?p=2069#comment-17952 The majority of streets shown on the map above are curvilinear suburban streets. Postmodern sprawl has cut loose from fixed geographic orientation. The majority of streets shown on the map above are curvilinear suburban streets. Postmodern sprawl has cut loose from fixed geographic orientation.

]]> http://goodspeedupdate.com/2007/2069/comment-page-1#comment-16726 BrodyV Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:13:38 +0000 http://goodspeedupdate.com/?p=2069#comment-16726 While I understand the idea behind it, for localized areas like DC, and Washington DC most especially, it just doesn't work. Since our streets are laid out on a grid that was specifically designed to run North-South, changing the alignment in a way that destroys that plan just doesn't make sense except as something that's intentionally disorienting. See: DC Taxi Maps. While I understand the idea behind it, for localized areas like DC, and Washington DC most especially, it just doesn’t work. Since our streets are laid out on a grid that was specifically designed to run North-South, changing the alignment in a way that destroys that plan just doesn’t make sense except as something that’s intentionally disorienting. See: DC Taxi Maps.

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