The gridiron city : sixteenth-century urban development in the Spanish new world
During the sixteenth-century when the Spaniards were colonizing the New World, they built a network of urban centres that followed a specific template in their layout and organization. Known as gridiron, or ordered cities, these urban centres had a checkerboard design with streets that intersected a...
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| Online Access: | http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/8331/1/MR04318.pdf White, Jason <http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/view/creators/White=3AJason=3A=3A.html> (2004) The gridiron city : sixteenth-century urban development in the Spanish new world. Masters thesis, Concordia University. |