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nine maps of the city of san francisco, california and new york in black and white

At a glance, the overall pattern formed by these first 25 polar histograms (or: rose diagrams) is clear: orthogonal grids, mostly aligned with cardinal directions in orientation, dominate American cities. There are exceptions, but most streets run north, south, east and west. Geoff Boeing, an assistant professor of urban informatics at Northeastern University, recently moved

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four maps of the city of new york, paris, and atlanta in black and white

It's strange to realize you're provincial, even though your province is New York City. Last week I was giving directions to a British tourist on the street and said "…that's about ten blocks away" when she startled me by saying "We don't do 'blocks'—what's a 'block?'" Afterwards I recalled London's

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four different views of the same pattern

Over the years, a number of fans have suggested that 99% Invisible cover a series of strange concrete arrows found scattered across the American countryside. They date back to the 1920s and were used to help guide airmail planes across the nation. While in use, the arrows were painted bright yellow and were accompanied by towers

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an aerial view of a city with lots of red buildings and green grass in the foreground

Daily Overview on Instagram: "Bilbao is a city of about 350,000 people in the Basque Country of northern Spain. Its urban center, seen here along the River Nervión, features a grid of rectangular buildings and wide avenues, which is based on a similar design used in Barcelona. Within this Overview is the Doña Casilda Iturrizar public park, Guggenheim Bilbao museum and the Abando Indalecio Prieto railway station, Bilbao’s central station. — Created by @dailyoverview Source imagery…

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an aerial view of a city with lots of buildings and streets in blue ink on white paper

Hand drawn city map of Raalte (called after some Dutch town). The city is situated on two rivers, on of them being an affluent, ending in the other. It's drawn as a city as it could have grown in multiple centuries: city center, former bastions, station close to the river side, apparment buildings from the 70s and newer neighbourhoods surrounding the city. In a word: a very European city. Why it is called Raalte? Well, I just like place names ending on -e and after having made up twenty of…

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an aerial view of a city with lots of buildings

Image 14 of 17 from gallery of Orthogonal Grids and Their Variations in 17 Cities Viewed from Above. Alamo Square, San Francisco, United States. Created by @dailyoverview, source imagery: @nearmap

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an aerial view of a city with lots of water

In this guide I will explain some concepts to help you avoid building cities with grids, and use a more natural approach I will explain the following concepts; scanning the map at the start, use the

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