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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Museum of the City of New York, wrote about the Commissioners' Plan: [I]n our fast changing world where technology is outdated in a blink and future-proofing is the gold standard, the grid has demonstrated remarkable flexibility.
Another well-known grid plan is the plan for New York City formulated in the Commissioners' Plan of 1811, a proposal by the state legislature of New York for the development of most of Manhattan [16] above Houston Street.
The year 1811 in architecture involved some significant events. ... March – The Commissioners' Plan of 1811 determines the grid plan of Manhattan.
New York adopted a visionary proposal to develop Manhattan north of 14th Street with a regular street grid, according to the Commissioners' Plan of 1811. This would fundamentally alter the city aesthetically, economically, and geographically.
12963734/istockphotoYou never know what treasures might be hiding in your attic, but if you’ve got a few vintage maps stashed in there, you may have struck gold. From early maps of America to ...
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 ...
Street grid as seen from the air in 2009 1847 map showing the street layout and ferry routes for lower Manhattan. The streets in the area were laid out as part of the Castello Plan prior to the Commissioners' Plan of 1811, a grid plan that dictates the placement of most of Manhattan's streets north of Houston Street.
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 ...