Cities with odd street networks

[hm insulators]

I've wondered about city plans that only take into consideration how they look like from the air.  Something that looks like a garden from above translates into an efficient or even aesthetically pleasing city at ground level?

Your post reminded me of another place in southern California with an odd street pattern from when it was built in the 1920s: an obscure L.A. suburb called Montrose, tucked in between Glendale, La Crescenta and La Canada Flintridge. Supposedly, Florencita Avenue, Waltonia Drive and others were laid out in concentric ovals around the intersection of Montrose Avenue and Ocean View Boulevard to (kinda, sorta) look like a rose when viewed from the air. The 210 Freeway disrupts the pattern to some extent, but look at a map or aerial picture and you can still see it.