Downtown Boston’s streets were not organized on a grid, but grew in a meandering organic pattern from early in the 17th century. They were created as needed, and as wharves and landfill expanded the area of the small Boston peninsula. Along with several rotaries, roads change names and lose and add lanes seemingly at random. By contrast, streets in the Back Bay, East Boston, the South End, and South Boston do follow a grid system. (source)
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Location : Boston, Massachusetts, New-England, United States.
Photo : (c) Francois Soulignac
Camera : Canon EOS 350D Digital

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