“The Grid defines a new balance between control and de-control in which the city can be at the same time ordered and fluid, a metropolis of rigid chaos,” said architect Rem Koolhaas about New York ...

Discover the origins of Manhattan's grid in New York City with insights from Gerard Koeppel, author of 'The Greatest Grid.' ...

This 1766 map shows the some of the earliest known slips in what was then New Amsterdam, including Peck’s Slip, which once sheltered George Washington and his troops from the British Army. Though ...

When you stand at a street corner in Lower Manhattan, it can feel like you're in the middle of a kaleidoscope of constant frantic motion - cars, trucks and city bikes buzzing past, people rushing by, ...