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English: The w:Commissioners' Plan of 1811 defined the grid system for Manhattan north of Houston Street. The portion extracted here shows the lettered avenues—A, B, C, and D—from Houston to Kips Bay (around 14th Street). This is roughly the area designated by Alphabet City today.
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Source https://www.loc.gov/item/2005625335/
Author

William Bridges, -1814

Peter Maverick, 1780-1831
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under the digital ID g3804n.ct000812.
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Present-day Alphabet City neighborhood in Manhattan as laid out in Commissioners' Plan of 1811

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Alphabet City

point in time: 1811

inception

16 November 1811Gregorian

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