tags: geography

2008

July

2008 Jul 19

comic book geography

I find it slightly weird that "Batman Begins" and "The Dark Knight" use Chicago to represent Gotham (while "Superman Returns" uses NYC to represent Metropolis!) I've always associated Chicago with Metropolis, and New York City has been Gotham City long before the Batman was around.

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2009

June

2009 Jun 2

the axes of the city

L.A. does have Cartesian axes in practice, even if they aren't really acknowledged. Broadway and 1st Street is origin. Addresses are numbered from here. The y-axis is Broadway, and it runs all the way from Lincoln Heights to Carson. The x-axis is 1st Street, which extends from the unincorporated area of East L.A. to just east of Beverly Hills (although not quite continuously.)

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