{"product_id":"the-greatest-grid-the-master-plan-of-manhattan-18112011","title":"The Greatest Grid: The Master Plan of Manhattan  1811-2011","description":"\u003cp\u003eLaying out Manhattans street grid and providing a rationale for the growth of New York was the citys 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 grids 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 citys pre-1811 irregular growth patterns and local precedent for the grids 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946165596213,"sku":"ByrdShop_0231159900","price":56.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780231159906.jpg?v=1769926642","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-greatest-grid-the-master-plan-of-manhattan-18112011","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}