City on a Grid - How New York Became New York

Informationen zum Autor Gerard Koeppel is the author of Bond of Union: Building the Erie Canal and the American Empire and Water for Gotham: A History . He has contributed to numerous other books, including the Encyclopedia of New York City , of which he was an associate editor. Before writing mostly about the past, he wrote, edited, and produced the present at CBS News. He was born on the grid and has lived all over it since. Klappentext Winner of the 2015New York City Book Award The never-before-told story of the grid that ate Manhattan You either love it or hate it, but nothing says New York like the street grid of Manhattan. This is its story. Praise for City on a Grid "The best account to date of the process by which an odd amalgamation of democracy and capitalism got written into New York's physical DNA."--New York Times Book Review "Intriguing...breezy and highly readable."--Wall Street Journal "City on a Grid tells the too little-known tale of how and why Manhattan came to be the waffle-board city we know."--The New Yorker "[An] expert investigation into what made the city special."--Publishers Weekly "A fun, fascinating, and accessible read for those curious enough to delve into the origins of an amazing city."--New York Journal of Books "Koeppel is the very best sort of writer for this sort of history."--Roanoke Times The never-before-told story of the grid that ate Manhattan Zusammenfassung The never-before-told story of the grid that ate Manhattan

Product details

• Authors: Gerard Koeppel, Koeppel Gerard
• Publisher: Dacapo
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.04.2017
• EAN: 9780306825491
• ISBN: 978-0-306-82549-1
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 233 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Urban & municipal planning, Urban and municipal planning and policy, New York (state)