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The Greatest Grid: The Master Plan of Manhattan, 1811-2011
Hilary (Ed) Balon
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Description for The Greatest Grid: The Master Plan of Manhattan, 1811-2011
Hardback. Editor(s): Ballon, Hilary. Num Pages: 224 pages, 200 illus; gatefold. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 311 x 231 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1298.
Laying out Manhattan's street grid and providing a rationale for the growth of New York was the city's first great civic enterprise, not to mention a brazenly ambitious project and major milestone in the history of city planning. The grid created the physical conditions for business and society to flourish and embodied the drive and discipline for which the city would come to be known. Published to coincide with an exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York celebrating the bicentennial of the Commissioners' 1811 Plan of Manhattan, this volume does more than memorialize such a visionary effort, ... Read more
Laying out Manhattan's street grid and providing a rationale for the growth of New York was the city's first great civic enterprise, not to mention a brazenly ambitious project and major milestone in the history of city planning. The grid created the physical conditions for business and society to flourish and embodied the drive and discipline for which the city would come to be known. Published to coincide with an exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York celebrating the bicentennial of the Commissioners' 1811 Plan of Manhattan, this volume does more than memorialize such a visionary effort, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
1300g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231159906
SKU
V9780231159906
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About Hilary (Ed) Balon
Hilary Ballon is deputy vice chancellor of New York University Abu Dhabi, part of the leadership team developing the school's new, full-scale campus and establishing its identity as a global university. Based in New York, she teaches courses on urbanism and architecture at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Her books include New York's Pennsylvania Stations; Colbert's ... Read more
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