"It's
true that Manhattan lacks the elegant squares, axial boulevards and
civic monuments around which other cities designed their public
spaces. But it has evolved a public realm of streets and sidewalks
that creates urban theater on the grandest level. No two blocks are
ever precisely the same because the grid indulges variety, building
to building, street to street."
In
most cities with wide streets and big blocks precious little space is
allotted to pedestrians, 30 percent of a city’s area is typically
dedicated to moving cars – "not counting the parking lots that
push some southern cities over 50 percent. Read more: "What
Your Street Grid Reveals About Your City - Sarah Goodyear - The
Atlantic Cities
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