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The greatest grid : the master plan of Manhattan, 1811-2011 / edited by Hilary Ballon.

Title
The greatest grid : the master plan of Manhattan, 1811-2011 / edited by Hilary Ballon.
Publication
New York : Museum of the City of New York/Columbia University Press, c2012.

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Additional Authors
Ballon, Hilary.
Description
226 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.); 24 x 32 cm.
Subject
  • City blocks > New York > History
  • City planning > New York > History
  • New York (N.Y.) > Buildings, structures, etc
  • New York (N.Y.) > History
  • Streets > New York > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Before the Grid -- Reflection: Michael R. Bloomberg -- The Commissioners' Plan of 1811 -- Surveying the City -- Opening Streets -- Reflection: James Traub -- Selling Lots : From Land to Real Estate -- Reflection: Rafael Vinoly -- The Public Realm : Squares, Parks and Avenues -- The Development of the East Side -- Reflection: Alexander Garvin -- Improving the West Side -- Counterpoint : Broadway -- Rethinking the Grid Above 155th Street -- Reflection: Wendy Evans Joseph -- Modern Reforms -- Reflection: Amanda Burden -- Moving on the Grid -- Reflection: Edward Glaeser -- Urban Paradigm : The Grid in Contemporary Thought -- About the Museum of the City of New York.
ISBN
  • 9780231159906 (cloth : acid-free paper)
  • 0231159900 (cloth : acid-free paper)
LCCN
  • 2011037599
  • 99947054428
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries