City on a Grid: How New York Became New York

With Gerard Koeppel, also the author of “Bond of Union: Building the Erie Canal and the American Empire,” and “Water for Gotham: A History.”

This illustrated lecture tells the grid’s story: What prompted it? how did the commissioners and their surveyor develop the plans? and how has the lengthening life of the city been shaped by it? are some of the questions that are explored.

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