The greatest grid : the master plan of Manhattan, 1811-2011 /

The greatest grid : the master plan of Manhattan, 1811-2011 /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	New York : Museum of the City of New York/Columbia University Press, c2012.
Description:	226 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 x 32 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	City planning -- New York (State) -- New York -- History. City blocks -- New York (State) -- New York -- History. Streets -- New York (State) -- New York -- History. New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. New York (N.Y.) -- History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8627832

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Other authors / contributors:	Ballon, Hilary.
ISBN:	9780231159906 (cloth : acid-free paper) 0231159900 (cloth : acid-free paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of 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.