ARCH&UD 30 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-9: Autarchism, Doric Order, Sebastiano Ricci
20 Dec 2017
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The grid can be rigid and dull, with shortcomings aesthetically and functionally. It is a sacrifice of beauty to prejudice. It has right angles without any regard to the situation of the ground or the face of the surrounding country. Baily: adopt mixed radial and grid patterns as washington. Philadelphia served as a blueprint and impetus to the grid plan due to its importance in migrations westward to the interior. This power should be detached from conflicts of local politics and conflicting claims of property owners. 1 the surveyors encountered trouble because private property owners refused trespassing and division to their land. They platted the property into blocks, so the commissioners decided to amalgamate the two plans, but was later abandoned due to its impossibility to adjust. Convenience and utility are the most important reasons to adopt the gridiron system.
