Modern urban planning literature is filled with references to grid street patterns and their alleged superiority to the cul de sac–a loop or “dead-end street” pattern typical of modern suburban ...

I'm looking at a postcard of Barcelona: more precisely, of the L'Eixample district that stretches north from Placa Catalunya in the center of town. It's an aerial view, and what you see from this ...

Manhattan’s street grid is the savior to many a lost tourist, but navigating it also requires that New Yorkers re-orient the world around themselves (what else is new?). That’s because the grid ...