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Why wasn't NYC's Central Park concept copied by other cities? (lemmy.ca)

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I'm talking about a massive park in the absolute heart of the city. Located such that is naturally surrounded by city high rises. *People are giving examples of parks that are way off in the boonies. I'm trying to say located centrally, heart of the city, you know where the high rises are. Yes I understand nyc has more, the point is centrally located.

Copied by younger cities in North Americ. You know, the cities younger than NYC that could have seen the value of setting aside a large area for parkland before it was developed.

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[-] Zaddy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'm honestly not that stupid but it kinda seems like that would be the least frustrating layout.

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

All the streets in NYC are numbered, none are known by any name. After a while that begins to feel tedious.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Numbered streets are great.

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I'm glad someone likes them I guess.

[-] DokPsy@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago

Hi. I grew up in a city with named streets. One street can have four names depending on where you're at on it. You've never had to deal with directing someone down a city full of that, apparently.

On the other hand, we have an area with lettered streets. L comes before M, N, O, P, etc. If you're on F and need to get to C Street, you know you need to go up 3 blocks. Meanwhile, if you're on Johnson and need to get to North York, you have to know that it's the same street and changes names in 7 blocks.

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