By Vladimir Brezina
The prehistoric stone circle at Stonehenge contains stones that are perfectly aligned with the rising sun at the summer solstice. So, too, in Manhattan. On two days in the year, for a brief moment before it sinks below the horizon, the setting sun shines straight down the cross-streets of Manhattan’s rectangular street grid. This is Manhattanhenge, a phenomenon eagerly awaited, as it turns out, by many. (There are also two days in the year when the rising sun appears at the other end of the cross-streets, but nobody wants to wait for sunrise in the depths of winter…)
Yesterday, May 30, was the first of the two special days of 2011. Never having seen Manhattanhenge before, I went to investigate.
Vladimir Brezina (RIP) 
Johna Till Johnson
Wind Against Current 