- Gebundene Ausgabe: 200 Seiten
- Verlag: Columbia University Press (29. November 2011)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0231159900
- ISBN-13: 978-0231159906
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 30,5 x 23,1 x 2 cm
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You don't have to be a geometry major to love The Greatest Grid... -- Sam Roberts New York Times 12/30/2011
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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, it serves as an enduring reference full of rare images and information. The Greatest Grid shares the history of the Commissioners' plan, incorporating archival photos and illustrations, primary documents and testimony, and magnificent maps with essential analysis. The text, written by leading historians of New York City, follows the grid's initial design, implementation, and evolution, and then speaks to its enduring influence. A foldout map, accompanied by explanatory notes, reproduces the Commissioners' original plan, and additional maps and prints chart the city's pre-1811 irregular growth patterns and local precedent for the grid's design. Constituting the first sustained examination of this subject, this text describes the social, political, and intellectual figures who were instrumental in remaking early New York, not in the image of old Europe but as a reflection of other American cities and a distinct New World sensibility. The grid reaffirmed old hierarchies while creating new opportunities for power and advancement, giving rise to the multicultural, highly networked landscape New Yorkers thrive in today.
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Praise for the Greatest Grid
18. Januar 2012
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
The Greatest Grid: The Master Plan of Manhattan, 1811-2011 is an exhibit on display at the Museum of the City of New York through April 15, 2012. It explores the comprehensive history of Manhattan's master street plan. I visited the exhibition on January 13. While seeing it in person allowed me to appreciate the physical size of the maps, the exhibit's most important component is the accompanying book. Mirroring the layout of the exhibit, the book breaks down Manhattan's physical history essentially into these components:
1) Precedents: Law of the Indies, Philadelphia, etc.
2) People: Commissioners, surveyors, and opponents
3) Street Plan: Creation, protection, and construction
4) Effects on Manhattan: Subdivision and property values
There are 13 chapters in total each with an overview essay. These essays are clearly written and reveal the authors' deep understanding of the grid's greater implications. For example, beginning chapter 4 on opening streets: "The miracle of the 1811 plan was that it was enforced. It took about sixty years for the grid to be built up to 155th Street, sixty years during which mayors and administrations, interest groups and aesthetic values frequently changed and might have undermined the plan-but the grid prevailed. New York sustained a multigenerational commitment to its first major infrastructure project-a rarity in the history of master plans, which are more often ignored or forgotten than implemented." Following these introductions is a full series of photographs and maps with their own extensive captions.
Overall, this is a deeply insightful and comprehensive collection on Manhattan's grid plan. A visit to the museum will allow you to experience the greatest grid itself, but if you cannot make it certainly purchase the book.
For further review and photos visit the website "The Great American Grid."
1) Precedents: Law of the Indies, Philadelphia, etc.
2) People: Commissioners, surveyors, and opponents
3) Street Plan: Creation, protection, and construction
4) Effects on Manhattan: Subdivision and property values
There are 13 chapters in total each with an overview essay. These essays are clearly written and reveal the authors' deep understanding of the grid's greater implications. For example, beginning chapter 4 on opening streets: "The miracle of the 1811 plan was that it was enforced. It took about sixty years for the grid to be built up to 155th Street, sixty years during which mayors and administrations, interest groups and aesthetic values frequently changed and might have undermined the plan-but the grid prevailed. New York sustained a multigenerational commitment to its first major infrastructure project-a rarity in the history of master plans, which are more often ignored or forgotten than implemented." Following these introductions is a full series of photographs and maps with their own extensive captions.
Overall, this is a deeply insightful and comprehensive collection on Manhattan's grid plan. A visit to the museum will allow you to experience the greatest grid itself, but if you cannot make it certainly purchase the book.
For further review and photos visit the website "The Great American Grid."
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Brilliant and Engaging. Bravo!
15. März 2012
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
A brilliant, comprehensive,and thoroughly engaging explanation of the grid. For a special treat,go to the museum and see the extraordinary exhibit.
A must buy for anyone interested in New York City and its history. Bravo, Professor Ballon!
A must buy for anyone interested in New York City and its history. Bravo, Professor Ballon!
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