John Randel, Jr.

The Randel plan is a development plan by the geodesics John Randel, Jr. for the New York City borough of Manhattan. From 1807, a development plan for the future Manhattan, which was established in 1811 specifically in Randel plan, a 2 ½ -meter-wide map and the checkerboard pattern stipulated north of 14th Street on Manhattan arose. 155 transverse and longitudinal twelve roads should be drawn about the island and form 2000 blocks. Only the Broadway differs from that rectangle scheme. In addition, the then hilly and rugged Manhattan should be leveled and straightened.

Randel was following the well-known concept of the planned city.

This Randel plan for the upcoming New York put no value on aesthetics, but represented a pure concentration on light sale of land and trade routes Represents the still tilling land in the north was divided by this plan into equal rectangular compartments, the road system was very simple, rigorous, mathematically ', everything functional at right angles, everything - and still is today. Manhattan is still too divided into the horizontally extending Streets and perpendicular Avenues. Main axis is the Fifth Avenue, from which are all left roads, West 'and all roads lying right, East '.

The Randel plan provided by the Museum of the City of New York online.