The garden and the grid
Film
The great American cities have not gradually evolved; surveyors have gridded the land, and entrepreneurs have thrown cities up following the practical considerations of real estate. Yet from Pierre L'Enfants plan for Washington, D.C. to Daniel Burnhams vision of Chicago as the New Paris, Americans have struggled to marry the ideal city to the pragmatism of the easily subdividable iron plan.
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