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Commissioners' Plan of 1811
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The Commissioners' Plan of 1811 was the original design for the streets of Manhattan above Houston Street and below 155th Street, which put in place the rectangular grid plan of streets and lots that
Simeon De Witt
Simeon De Witt
The only known image of John Randel Jr., the Commission's chief surveyor, by an unknown artist, probably Ezra Ames.
The only known image of John Randel Jr., the Commission's chief surveyor, by an unknown artist, probably Ezra Ames.
The park-like grounds of the American Museum of Natural History – called "Theodore Roosevelt Park" since 1958, but officially part of Central Park – i
The park-like grounds of the American Museum of Natural History – called "Theodore Roosevelt Park" since 1958, but officially part of Central Park – is the only one of the planned public spaces of the Commissioners' Plan which still exists; it was to be "Manhattan Square".
This one of John Randel's survey bolts marked the location of what would have been Sixth Avenue and 65th Street; the location later became part of Cen
This one of John Randel's survey bolts marked the location of what would have been Sixth Avenue and 65th Street; the location later became part of Central Park
Grid plan
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In urban planning, the grid plan, grid street plan, or gridiron plan is a type of city plan in which streets run perpendicular to each other, forming a grid.
Commissioners' Plan of 1811
…Plan of 1811 was the original design for the streets of Manhattan above Houston Street and below 155th Street, which put in place the rectangular grid plan of streets and lots that has defined Manhattan on its march uptown until the current day. It has been called "the single most important document in New…
A grid plan from 1799 of Pori, Finland, by Isaac Tillberg.
A grid plan from 1799 of Pori, Finland, by Isaac Tillberg.
Bastide schema in Gascony
Bastide schema in Gascony
Twenty American grids compared at the same scale
Twenty American grids compared at the same scale
The L'Enfant Plan for Washington, D.C., set out a north–south, east–west grid pattern with diagonal streets radiating out from the U.S. Capitol.
The L'Enfant Plan for Washington, D.C., set out a north–south, east–west grid pattern with diagonal streets radiating out from the U.S. Capitol.