The w:Commissioners' Plan of 1811 defined the grid system for Manhattan north of Houston Street. The portion extracted here shows the lettered avenues—A, B, C, and D—from Houston to Kips Bay (around 1
- Date
- November 16, 1811
- Mapmaker / publisher
- William Bridges, -1814 Peter Maverick, 1780-1831
- Place
- Lower Manhattan
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- map
- Original size
- 2,064 × 1,808 pixels
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"The w:Commissioners' Plan of 1811 defined the grid system for Manhattan north of Houston Street. The portion extracted here shows the lettered avenues—A, B, C, and D—from Houston to Kips Bay (around 1" (November 16, 1811). William Bridges, -1814 Peter Maverick, 1780-1831. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alphabet-City-area-of-1811-plan-for-Manhattan.pngNeed maps for a whole project? Add Find Any Map to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 7659.
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