Before
The Grid
The
1811 Plan
BUILDING
THE GRID
19TH-CENTURY
DEVELOPMENT
20th century–
Now
living on
the grid
other
Grids
19th-Century Development
Bloomingdale Road, 53rd to 61st Street, 1820
Image 1
Randel Farm Map no. 29, vol. 3, p. 9, showing 53rd to 61st Street, from Sixth Avenue to Ninth Avenue, September 1, 1820
Used with permission of the City of New York and the Office of the Manhattan Borough PresidentThis Randel Farm Map shows the section of Bloomingdale Road between 53rd and 61st Streets, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, long before it was straightened and widened. The road is attuned to topographic fluctuations in Manhattan. Long and thin properties densely abut Bloomingdale Road, an indication of the road’s importance as a main thoroughfare. MK
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