Obliquities Author:Lynn Strongin From above, as it flew, the angel saw the city as a cross. It was New York City in the 1950 s: North to South, East to West, forming the two long arms of the crucifix. The grid of the early city planners was both logical and elegant, held by Park Avenue down the middle, and cross-town streets horizontally, the Cross-town Seventy-Fifty Street run... more »ning horizontally thru Central park.« less