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**dr-eavealer** · 02-27-2007, 01:56 AM

Though I liked him better as Karnataka's CM.

**qilmuz6v** · 02-27-2007, 06:55 AM

Andros.

**vodaPlaps** · 02-28-2007, 10:48 PM

Originally posted by Zkribbler
IIRC, while he was Mayor of New York, he instituted the layout of the city...that is, he leveled the hills, filled in the marshes, so that the streets would all run straight. He named the streets and avenues with numbers, with streets running east-west and avenues running north-south. Later, when immigrants started pouring in, the logical layout of the city made it easy for them to find their way.

The grid system.

First implemented in Winchelsea, or so I was told in my schooldays.

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vodaPlaps Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 418 Senior Member	Originally posted by Zkribbler IIRC, while he was Mayor of New York, he instituted the layout of the city...that is, he leveled the hills, filled in the marshes, so that the streets would all run straight. He named the streets and avenues with numbers, with streets running east-west and avenues running north-south. Later, when immigrants started pouring in, the logical layout of the city made it easy for them to find their way. The grid system. First implemented in Winchelsea, or so I was told in my schooldays. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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