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  2. Commissioners' Plan of 1811 - Wikipedia

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    A portion of a map of the city from 1776; De Lancey Square and the grid around it can be seen on the right. The streets of lower Manhattan had, for the most part, developed organically as the colony of New Amsterdam – which became New York when the British took it over from the Dutch without firing a shot in 1664 – grew.

  3. List of power stations in New York - Wikipedia

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    In-Service Date is date of the last unit to go in-service. The Steam Turbines generate the most electricity, burning FO No. 6 with natural gas as a backup. The Gas Turbines burn natural gas with FO no. 2 as a backup. Long Island Power Authority. South Hampton 1. South Hampton. 1963-03-01. 8.5.

  4. Grid plan - Wikipedia

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    Grid plan. A simple grid plan from 1908 of Palaio Faliro. A grid plan from 1799 of Pori, Finland, by Isaac Tillberg. The city of Adelaide, South Australia was laid out in a grid, surrounded by gardens and parks. In urban planning, the grid plan, grid street plan, or gridiron plan is a type of city plan in which streets run at right angles to ...

  5. History of New York City (1784–1854) - Wikipedia

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    The history of New York City (1784–1854) started with the creation of the city as the capital of the United States under the Congress of the Confederation from January 11, 1785, to Autumn 1788, and then under the United States Constitution from its ratification in 1789 until moving to Philadelphia in 1790. The city grew as an economic center ...

  6. Transportation in New York City - Wikipedia

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    An 1807 grid plan of Manhattan. The history of New York City's transportation system began with the Dutch port of New Amsterdam.The port had maintained several roads; some were built atop former Lenape trails, others as "commuter" links to surrounding cities, and one was even paved by 1658 from orders of Petrus Stuyvesant, according to Burrow, et al. [1] The 19th century brought changes to the ...

  7. New York City Subway map - Wikipedia

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    The transit map showed both New York and New Jersey, and was the first time that an MTA-produced subway map had done that. [77] Besides showing the New York City Subway, the map also includes the MTA's Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Rail Road, New Jersey Transit lines, and Amtrak lines in the consistent visual language of the Vignelli map.

  8. History of New York City - Wikipedia

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    The written history of New York City began with the first European explorer, the Italian Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524. European settlement began with the Dutch in 1608 and New Amsterdam was founded in 1624. The "Sons of Liberty" campaigned against British authority in New York City, and the Stamp Act Congress of representatives from ...

  9. Are The Streets of JP More Confusing than NY? - Patch

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    New York’s streets are arranged in symmetrical grid-like fashion, and Boston’s are, well, not. That fact is well established, and the meme makes hilarious light of this by way of a profanity.