... grid plan formal analysis pre-Roman aesthetics quarrying The first network of streets and the earliest road surfaces in Pompeii bear little resemblance to the city’s familiar streetscape of the first century ce. Trackways of compacted ash that led (at least) between the gates of the town...

... the mouth of the River Torrens on St Vincent’s Gulf drew hostile comment, his town plan was met with approval. This chapter examines the grid plan in the context of spatial history, showing that, however much the grid might in theory preserve the uniformity of space, in practice it was perceived...

... subdivisions and the rise of the 25 x 100 square foot lot size during the Dutch period. The chapter then discusses the creation of the Grid Plan of 1811, and how it impacted Manhattan’s real estate and its land values. battle for place or access economic theory Erie Canal land Philadelphia PA population...