urban morphology three colonial cities. boston philadelphia
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Urban Morphology
Three Colonial Cities
Boston
Philadelphia
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
Plan Influences – Mid-Atlantic
Speculator’s Model – grid-plan
(London’s West End with square)
London Rebuilt (City of London)
Leicester Square
Philadelphia’s Elfreth’s Alley
Southern Economy
Agriculturally based plantations
Weak town system
Southern Colonies -- Annapolis
Southern Plan Influences
English Renaissance in America
(Georgian Style)
Grand lay-out: circles & squares
Town served social & political functions
State House
Grand Residences
Shiplap House
City Docks
Three Models in Colonial America
Organic, functional [Boston]
American Grid – Land Speculator’s Model
[Philadelphia] English Renaissance
[Annapolis]
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