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Grays Ferry Avenue does not behave like the rest of the streets in Graduate Hospital. Most of the neighborhood follows William Penn’s right-angle grid. Grays Ferry slices across it from northeast to southwest, meeting Christian, Bainbridge, Catharine, and South Streets at sharp, uneven angles. Every corner along it has an odd shape that drivers and …

Lombard Street runs one-way through Fitler Square. Every weekday morning, it carries a wave of drivers through Center City. Traffic builds on the expressways, and then vehicles wind up on Lombard within a few blocks. Residents step off their stoops while drivers are still slowing down from highway speeds. At Rand Spear – The Accident …