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The greatest grid : the master plan of Manhattan, 1811-2011 / edited by Hilary Ballon.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextNew York : Museum of the City of New York/Columbia University Press, c2012Description: 226 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 x 32 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780231159906 (hbk : acidfree paper)
  • 0231159900 (hbk : acidfree paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 307.1821609747 GRE 23 007651
LOC classification:
  • HT168.N5 G73 2012
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.
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Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore David Satterthwaite Collection 307.1821609747 GRE DS1265 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available DS1265
Book Book Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore 307.1821609747 GRE 007651 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 007651

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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