On The Grid — For 200 Years

On The Grid — For 200 Years
Happy Birthday Grid!
Manhattan’s gridiron street plan, which celebrates its 200th birthday this week,



Joel Towers, executive dean of Parsons The New School for Design, talks about the anniversary of the grid layout of streets in Manhattan.
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/2011/mar/22/happy-birthday-grid/

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