 In considering that subject they could not but bear in mind that a city is to be composed principally of the habitations of men, and that straight-sided and right-angled houses are the most cheap to build and the most convenient to live in.  The J.E. Aldred Lectures on Engineering Practice, 1916-21 - Էջ 57Johns Hopkins university. Dept. of engineering - 1919Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | New York (State) - 1855 - 1376 էջ
...the mayor, aldermen and commonalty V tlie ^° That flS ar I * 488 32 ° -, ^ C cheap to build, anrl the most convenient to live in. The effect of these plain and simple reflections was decisive. Having determined, therefore, that the work should in general be rectangular, a second, and, in their... | |
 | New York (N.Y.). Board of Commissioners of the Central Park - 1866 - 526 էջ
...whatever may be their effect as to convenience and utility." The consideration " that 9 a city is to be composed principally of the habitations of men,...cheap to build and the most convenient to live in," determined them in favor of the rectangular plan, on which the upper part of the city is now laid out.... | |
 | Thomas Allibone Janvier - 1894 - 338 էջ
...convenience and utility. In considering that subject they could not but bear in mind that a city is to be composed principally of the habitations of men,...of these plain and simple reflections was decisive " — that is to say, the rectangles and straight lines carried the day. In regard to parks, these... | |
 | New York (N.Y.). Common Council - 1866 - 1008 էջ
...convenience and utility. In considering that subject they could not but bear in mind that a city is to be composed principally of the habitations of men,...of these plain and simple reflections was decisive. Having determined, therefore, that the work should in general be rectangular, a eecmd, and, in their... | |
 | John Foord - 1913 - 368 էջ
...plan whatever may be their effect as to convenience and utility." The consideration that "a city is to be composed principally of the habitations of men,...cheap to build and the most convenient to live in," determined them in favor of the rectangular plan. The plan was duly filed in i8l1, but as soon as the... | |
 | 1915 - 326 էջ
...conclusion that " a city must be composed principally of the habitations of men and that straight-sides and right-angled houses are the most cheap to build...these plain and simple reflections was decisive," and New York has suffered ever since from the limitations imposed upon it by this checkerboard plan... | |
 | 1915 - 326 էջ
...conclusion that " a city must be composed principally of the habitations of men and that straight-sides and right-angled houses are the most cheap to build...these plain and simple reflections was decisive," and New York has suffered ever since from the limitations imposed upon it by this checkerboard plan... | |
 | Nelson Peter Lewis - 1916 - 544 էջ
...assemble in case of need a force destined to defend the city." One of the first questions considered by the commission was " whether they should confine themselves...these plain and simple reflections was decisive." Having decided upon a rectangular, or gridiron, plan as the most desirable, they appeared to conclude... | |
 | 1916 - 576 էջ
...was more than double this estimate, having reached 805,658. One of the first questions considered by the commission was "whether they should confine themselves...these plain and simple reflections was decisive". Having decided upon a rectangular or gridiron plan as the most desirable, they appeared to conclude... | |
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