When newcomers to New York open their maps, the first thing they notice is that all the roadways north of 14th Street are perfectly straight, north-to-south and east-to-west.
初到紐約的人打開地圖一看，十四街以上，由南到北，由東到西，都是規規矩矩的直線，將曼哈頓劃成整整齊齊的四方格子。