City on a Grid

How New York Became New York

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By Gerard Koeppel

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Winner of the 2015New York City Book Award


The never-before-told story of the grid that ate Manhattan

You either love it or hate it, but nothing says New York like the street grid of Manhattan. This is its story.


Praise for City on a Grid

“The best account to date of the process by which an odd amalgamation of democracy and capitalism got written into New York’s physical DNA.”–New York Times Book Review

“Intriguing…breezy and highly readable.”–Wall Street Journal

City on a Grid tells the too little-known tale of how and why Manhattan came to be the waffle-board city we know.”–The New Yorker

“[An] expert investigation into what made the city special.”Publishers Weekly

“A fun, fascinating, and accessible read for those curious enough to delve into the origins of an amazing city.”–New York Journal of Books

“Koeppel is the very best sort of writer for this sort of history.”–Roanoke Times

On Sale
Nov 10, 2015
Page Count
336 pages
Publisher
Da Capo Press
ISBN-13
9780306822858

Gerard Koeppel

About the Author

Gerard Koeppel is the author of Water for Gotham, Bond of Union, and City on a Grid. He has contributed to numerous other books, including the Encyclopedia of New York City, of which he was an associate editor. He was an editor for many years at CBS News. He lives in New York City.

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