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  2. Colonial Town Plans of Perth - Wikipedia

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    The 1829 town plan of Perth, Western Australia was an elongated grid pattern that reflected the city planning principles of the day, and likely drew inspiration from colonial Williamsburg (1699) [1] and the Edinburgh "new town" (1768). [2] The plan expressed an enlightenment conception of the town as the seat of civic power within a large and ...

  3. National Register of Historic Places listings in New Jersey

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    New Jersey counties (clickable map) This is a list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey. There are more than 1,700 listed sites in New Jersey. Of these, 58 are further designated as National Historic Landmarks. All 21 counties in New Jersey have listings on the National Register.

  4. Swan River Colony - Wikipedia

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    The Swan River Colony, also known as the Swan River Settlement, [1] [2] or just Swan River, was a British colony established in 1829 on the Swan River, in Western Australia. This initial settlement place on the Swan River was soon named Perth, and it became the capital city of Western Australia. The name was a pars pro toto for Western Australia.

  5. Perth Amboy, New Jersey - Wikipedia

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    Perth Amboy was New Jersey's primary inbound port for African slaves. [43] The Kearny Cottage is a remaining example of 18th-century vernacular architecture. Operated as a historic house museum and operated by the Kearny Cottage Historical Society. Built in 1781 on High Street, the house was moved to Sadowski Parkway in the 1920s, and was later ...

  6. Plan for the Metropolitan Region, Perth and Fremantle

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    A 2012 academic review of the Plan stated that Stephenson's ideas were those of a modernist town planner, influenced by Le Corbusier and the modernism movement. [10] Stephenson's plan was identified by George Seddon as giving primacy to the automobile, and responsible for making Perth the worst adapted capital city for public transport. [11]

  7. Gordon Stephenson - Wikipedia

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    Along with Peter Shepheard, he created an influential [3] design for Stevenage, the first post-war British new town, which incorporated a pedestrianised town centre. In 1953, he was commissioned by the state government of Western Australia to produce a plan for the metropolitan area of Perth and Fremantle . [ 2 ]

  8. How do places get their names? Here are the origins of 22 ...

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    The name comes from the creation of the Morris and Essex Railroad station in the area, built by John Shedden in 1860. The new station ... the Northern New Jersey railroad from Jersey City ...

  9. List of municipalities in New Jersey - Wikipedia

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    New Jersey is a state located in the Northeastern United States.According to the 2020 United States Census, New Jersey is the 11th most populous state with 9,288,994 inhabitants but the fifth smallest by land area, spanning 7,354.76 square miles (19,048.7 km 2). [1]