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City on a Grid: How New York Became New York
City on a Grid How New York Became New York
Author: Gerard Koeppel
When it was conceived in the early nineteenth century, New York City's rigid rectilinear street grid was intended to end the notorious chaos of "old New York" spreading unplanned from Manhattan's southern tip. Turning the rocky hills and swampy valleys into the city we know today was a vast project of physical and social engineering; the thousan...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780306822841
ISBN-10: 0306822849
Publication Date: 10/27/2015
Pages: 336
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Publisher: Da Capo Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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