22 March 2011

Street Grid’s Birthday ~ Mapping Manhattan!

Zachary Seward blogs in the WSJournal Metropolis, On Grid’s Birthday, Beautiful Manhattan Maps...
"Tuesday marks the 200th anniversary of Manhattan’s street grid, which was adopted in 1811 “to unite regularity and order with the public convenience and benefit and in particular to promote the health of the City.”
Some really stellar visualizations, including maps such as...

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