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gptkbp:instanceOf
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urban planning system
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gptkbp:blockLength
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about 264 feet by 900 feet
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gptkbp:city
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gptkb:New_York_City
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:criticizedFor
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lack of adaptation to topography
monotony
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gptkbp:directionA
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east-west streets
north-south avenues
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gptkbp:documentedIn
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gptkb:Commissioners'_Plan_of_1811
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gptkbp:established
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1811
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gptkbp:establishedBy
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gptkb:Commissioners'_Plan_of_1811
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gptkbp:excludes
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gptkb:Greenwich_Village
gptkb:Lower_Manhattan
Broadway diagonal
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gptkbp:feature
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numbered avenues
numbered streets
rectangular blocks
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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shaped Manhattan's development
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Manhattan street grid
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gptkbp:influenced
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urban planning in other cities
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Pierre_Charles_L'Enfant's_plan_for_Washington,_D.C.
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Manhattan
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gptkbp:majorJunction
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gptkb:Times_Square
gptkb:Union_Square
gptkb:Columbus_Circle
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gptkbp:notableRoute
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gptkb:Broadway
gptkb:Fifth_Avenue
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gptkbp:purpose
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facilitate transportation
organize land development
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:26th_Street
gptkb:Fifth_Avenue
gptkb:Seventh_Avenue
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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