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Urban Morphology Three Colonial Cities

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Urban Morphology

Three Colonial Cities

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Boston

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Philadelphia

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Plan Influences - New England

Organic: “unplanned,” develops over time in response to functional needs of community, influenced by topography

Bastide: European new towns; egalitarian assignment of land; orthogonal plan

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Plan Influences – Mid-Atlantic

Speculator’s Model – grid-plan

(London’s West End with square)

London Rebuilt (City of London)

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Leicester Square

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Philadelphia’s Elfreth’s Alley

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Southern Economy

Agriculturally based plantations

Weak town system

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Southern Colonies -- Annapolis

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Southern Plan Influences

English Renaissance in America

(Georgian Style)

Grand lay-out: circles & squares

Town served social & political functions

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State House

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Grand Residences

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Shiplap House

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City Docks

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Three Models in Colonial America

Organic, functional [Boston]

American Grid – Land Speculator’s Model

[Philadelphia] English Renaissance

[Annapolis]