200th Birthday for the Map That Made New York
In contrast to Pierre L’Enfant’s grandiose national capital, the street commissioners adopted what Reuben Skye Rose-Redwood, a geographer and expert on the grid, described as “a physical representation of the Cartesian coordinate system.”
Check out this cool article on the 200th B'day of the grid map, known as the Commissioners' Plan of 1811 (arguably one of the most influential determinants of the Manhattan landscape) that gridded most of Manhattan. And this really cool interactive map feature that allows you to overlay the old historic maps with the current geography and also street openings in Manhattan over time.
In contrast to Pierre L’Enfant’s grandiose national capital, the street commissioners adopted what Reuben Skye Rose-Redwood, a geographer and expert on the grid, described as “a physical representation of the Cartesian coordinate system.”
