Single guy in NYNY looking for a wine shop :)

[Thomas]

KC, remembr it? You bet. Until last February, the Village is where Anne and I had our apartment. Always loved the place.

WOW,

History: When the NYC grid was being planned, Greenwich Viallge really was a separate village and the residents refused to allow their village to be sliced and made part of the program, which is why West 4th does not travel due west, something about the angle of the village boundaries at the time.

On the grid, all streets travel east/west and all avenues travel north/south. West 4th travels southeast/northwest.

Here's a tip. From Washington Square Park north, Fifth Ave is the dividing line between east and west. The numbers of streets begin at that line, so number 1 East 12th or East 42nd, et al and number 1 West 12th or West 42nd, et al are on either side of Fifth Avenue, and then you count from there. Once you get the hang of it, you can just about figure out which Avenue an address is near.

Makes both walking and driving a cinch, as long as you remember that one-way traffic on odd numbered streets goes west and on even numbered streets goes east. Major cross streets that go two-way are: 14th, 23rd, 34th, 42nd, 57th, 59th, 72nd, 86th, 96th, and after that I haven't a clue...

The downtown district is a mystery because it was not laid out, just paved over all the winding Dutch cow paths and gave them street names!

[This message has been edited by foodie (edited 12-01-2005).]