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In 2013, Hilary Ballon, the curator of The Greatest Grid: The Master Plan of Manhattan 1811–2011, an exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York, wrote about the Commissioners' Plan: [I]n our fast changing world where technology is outdated in a blink and future-proofing is the gold standard, the grid has demonstrated remarkable flexibility.
The only known image [1] of John Randel Jr.; painted by an unknown artist, probably Ezra Ames. [2]John Randel Jr. (1787–1865) was an American surveyor, cartographer, civil engineer and inventor from Albany, New York who completed a full survey of Manhattan Island from 1808 to 1817, in service of the creation of the Commissioners' Plan of 1811, which determined that New York City – which ...
Commissioners' Plan of 1811 for Manhattan A diagram of three U.S. city grids at the same scale ... New York's 1811 plan (see above) has blocks of 200 feet (61 m). in ...
The E. F. Barrett Power Station (also known as the Island Park Energy Center) is a power plant in Nassau County, New York, United States. The main plant is in Barnum Island, with outlying facilities in neighboring Island Park and Oceanside. It is operated by National Grid USA.
Nearly $3.6 billion Canadian (US $2.7 billion) worth of goods and services cross the border each day. About 60% of U.S. crude oil imports are from Canada, and 85% of U.S. electricity imports are ...
In 1802, De Witt produced a detailed map of the state of New York, which was then engraved by Gideon Fairman. [15] The map is said by historian Gerard Koeppel to have been "meticulously drawn" and to have "set a standard for American cartography; it is still considered 'the most important map ever made of the Empire State.'" [16] The map shows New York state to be primarily uninhabited, at ...
Figures from China showed retail sales rose just 3.0% in November, compared with a year earlier, well below market forecasts of 4.6% and evidence of the need for much more aggressive stimulus.
For the week, the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose more than 4.5%, while the Nasdaq Composite rose nearly 6%. In the week ahead, a fresh reading on inflation and retail sales will ...