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If someone could explain to me why 24th & 28th Streets between 8th & 9th Avenues (Manhattan) are curved in defiance of the grid? I have been aware of it for a while when I am on 8th or 9th Avenues, as well as from studying maps. If you walk on these streets, they feel suburban. Yet they are blocks away from Penn Station, right there in Midtown. Who allowed this to happen; or, why?
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Also Crimsyn:
When I take friends to New York, they are warned ahead of time that I will be walking fast, with a long stride. I often become obnoxious to them, or at the least, intimidating - because of my annoyance at their snail-speed pace, and my New Yorker tendency to walk with a purpose. That comes from knowing the City. If you observe a Manhattan map, you will see that the distance be
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Hello Crimsyn. Interesting use of a pseudonym.
I'm also a writer with writing issues, but you're in the spotlight so I'll offer my bit. It's hard for me to write what I don't know. I've never been to Seattle, and though writing about Seattle or a character from Seattle is entirely within my range, I would find it extremely hard to do so - because I would have n
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A shout out to New Yorkers and visitors to New York alike:
What are your thoughts about (specifically) the Manhattan grid? Does it work for you? Do you find yourself wishing Manhattan had a different street plan? Or do you really like what we've got?
Thanks.
Thomas
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If you or your hubby care for a historic, one-of-a-kind drinking establishment, go to McSorley's Old Ale House - survived Prohibition, serves only two things, their stock ale which comes only as Light or Dark, and can be said to have hosted the likes of everyone from John Lennon to Abraham Lincoln. Go on a weekday and during the early to mid-afternoon for a relaxed atmosphere; weekends and
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So many couples do Central Park. Anyone have tips on smaller parks, like getting married in Washington Square under the Arch or maybe even something ridiculous like cute and cozy Bowling Green? What about Prospect Park or the Botanical Gardens? Anyone know anything about getting married say, on the boardwalk at Coney Island? I'm looking for tips on procedure, prices, and simple yes/no as
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Now I've seen some pretty immoderate opinions on this, and fairly considered ones as well; but for me to Identify a New Yorker, I have to put my foot down on this whole business of birth and the Romanticism of being born in the City as being your Forever Metrocard on the Subway of Acceptance, that those born outside New York but who claim it for their own can never be New Yorkers. If this w
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