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City on a Grid: How New York Became New York

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Mark Mayer
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The http://www.wabcradio.com/johnbatchelor/&apos ;">John Batchelor Show did an interesting survey related article last night on how New York came to be developed as it has. Lots of post-revolutionary era survey history.


 
Posted : February 6, 2016 12:41 pm
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They're finding original C/L p.i. stones in Central Park. They found some iron rods stuck in bedrock too. The stones are big cut stone monuments.


 
Posted : February 6, 2016 3:28 pm
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I've always known of the bolts in the rock until recently when I read about the buried monuments. Pretty neat.


 
Posted : February 6, 2016 3:48 pm