The greatest grid
Subtitle: the master plan of New York
By: edited by Hilary Ballon
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780231159906
Subjects: Buildings, structures; City planning; City blocks; Streets; History
Description: "Published to coincide with an exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York celebrating the bicentennial of the 1811 Commissioners' Plan of Manhattan, this volume does more than memorialize such a visionary effort, it serves as an enduring reference full of rare images and information."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Before the Grid; title: Reflection: Michael R. Bloomberg; title: The Commissioners' Plan of 1811; title: Surveying the City; title: Opening Streets; title: Reflection: James Traub; title: Selling Lots : From Land to Real Estate; title: Reflection: Rafael Vinoly; title: The Public Realm : Squares, Parks and Avenues; title: The Development of the East Side; title: Reflection: Alexander Garvin; title: Improving the West Side; title: Counterpoint : Broadway; title: Rethinking the Grid Above 155th Street; title: Reflection: Wendy Evans Joseph; title: Modern Reforms; title: Reflection: Amanda Burden; title: Moving on the Grid; title: Reflection: Edward Glaeser; title: Urban Paradigm : The Grid in Contemporary Thought; title: About the Museum of the City of New York.