As a traveller approaches the city from the air at night, ... On The Grid: City Maps Colorized By Street Orientation. March 12, 2015 / 2:58 PM CDT / CBS Chicago By John Dodge.

A wild interactive map by Harold Cooper, called ExtendNY, imagines an entire globe laid out according to the New York City grid of the Commissioners’ Plan of 1811. West of New York, the avenues ...