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

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The greatest grid, the master plan of Manhattan, 1811-2011, edited by Hilary Ballon
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eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-222) and index
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mapsillustrations
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index present
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non fiction
Main title
The greatest grid
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bibliography
Responsibility statement
edited by Hilary Ballon
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the master plan of Manhattan, 1811-2011
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 Viñoly -- 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 M. Burden -- Moving on the Grid -- Reflection: Edward Glaeser -- Urban Paradigm : The Grid in Contemporary Thought -- About the Museum of the City of New York
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Master plan of Manhattan, 1811-2011
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