Ex-NY Post gossip columnist Chris Nolan writes in:

Borrowing from The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs, Jason Kottke notes that short blocks are livelier than long. And a heretical thought Manhattan's grid is best where it breaks down.
Short blocks [Jason Kottke]

Gawker is a Manhattan weblog magazine edited by Elizabeth Spiers [right], designed by Jason Kottke and published by Nick Denton [left]. It is a live review of city news and Manhattan culture.

So Jason Kottke and Meg Hourihan are leaving for New York. Jason says he never felt at home in San...