One of the games I play (with myself) when I travel is to figure out how the city is grided and oriented.

We have all heard that house addresses are numbered in a certain pattern. Mostly that pattern is N & E sides of the street end in odd numbers; W & S sides end in even numbers. This varies from municipality to municipality but once you see two numbers you can figure it out. Most cities tried to orient the map with streets running N-S and E-W. The "Place" & "Court" suffix usually means a road between 2 streets, i.e. 28th St., 28th Place, 29th St. Street names will run alphabetically about 50% of the time.

My father runs his own land surveying business so I grew up knowing most of this, I still think it's great to know, and I rarely if ever get lost.