Research Catalog
The greatest grid : the master plan of Manhattan, 1811-2011
- Title
- The greatest grid : the master plan of Manhattan, 1811-2011 / edited by Hilary Ballon.
- Publication
- New York : Columbia University Press, c2012.
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | No restrictions | *R-USLHG HT168.N5 G73 2012 | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Reference Room 121 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Ballon, Hilary.
- Description
- 226 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.); 24 x 31 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Before the Grid -- Reflection: Michael R. Bloomberg -- The Commissioners' Plan of 1811 -- Surveying the City -- Opening Streets -- Reflection: James Traub -- Selling Lots : From Land to Real Estate -- Reflection: Rafael Vinoly -- The Public Realm : Squares, Parks and Avenues -- The Development of the East Side -- Reflection: Alexander Garvin -- Improving the West Side -- Counterpoint : Broadway -- Rethinking the Grid Above 155th Street -- Reflection: Wendy Evans Joseph -- Modern Reforms -- Reflection: Amanda Burden -- Moving on the Grid -- Reflection: Edward Glaeser -- Urban Paradigm : The Grid in Contemporary Thought -- About the Museum of the City of New York.
- Call Number
- HT168.N5
- ISBN
- 9780231159906 (cloth : acid-free paper)
- 0231159900 (cloth : acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- 2011037599
- OCLC
- 730413676
- Title
- The greatest grid : the master plan of Manhattan, 1811-2011 / edited by Hilary Ballon.
- Imprint
- New York : Columbia University Press, c2012.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Ballon, Hilary.
- Research Call Number
- *R-USLHG HT168.N5 G73 2012