City on a grid : how New York became New York / Gerard Koeppel.

"City on a Grid tells--for the first time--the fascinating story of the creation and long life of New York City's distinctive street grid: its many streets crossed at right angles by a few parallel avenues laid upon a rural Manhattan two centuries ago. The grid made New York what it is today, and de...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Koeppel, Gerard T., 1957-
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2015]
Subjects:
City planning > New York (State) > New York > History.
Streets > New York (State) > New York > History.
Grids (Crisscross patterns) > New York (State) > New York > History.
City and town life > New York (State) > New York > History.
Social change > New York (State) > New York > History.
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) > History.
New York (N.Y.) > History.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
ARCHITECTURE > Urban & Land Use Planning.
City and town life.
City planning.
Grids (Crisscross patterns)
Social change.
Streets.
New York (State) > New York.
New York (State) > New York > Manhattan.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xxiv, 296 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustratons ; 25 cm
Format: Book

System Under Maintenance

Our Library Management System is currently under maintenance.

Holdings and item availability information is currently unavailable. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause and contact us for further assistance:

Please contact Reference and Discovery Services via their Contact Form or call them directly at: 517-353-8700 for assistance.