Commissioners' Plan of 1811
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The Commissioners' Plan of 1811 was the landmark urban design blueprint that established Manhattan’s iconic rectilinear street grid, shaping the borough’s modern layout and development.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Commissioners' Plan of 1811 canonical | 2 |
| Commissioners’ Plan of 1811 | 1 |
| Commissioners’ Plan of 1811 report | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4291982 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Commissioners' Plan of 1811 Context triple: [Manhattan street grid, planningDocument, Commissioners' Plan of 1811]
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McMillan Plan
The McMillan Plan was an early 20th-century urban design blueprint that reshaped Washington, D.C.’s monumental core with grand boulevards, parks, and neoclassical civic spaces inspired by City Beautiful principles.
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Oglethorpe Plan
The Oglethorpe Plan is the original 18th-century urban design for Savannah, Georgia, characterized by its distinctive grid layout of wards centered around public squares.
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C.
Plan of Chicago
The Plan of Chicago is a landmark 1909 urban planning blueprint that proposed a comprehensive redesign and beautification of Chicago, profoundly influencing modern city planning in the United States.
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D.
Paterson Plan
The Paterson Plan, formally known as the New Jersey Plan, was a proposal at the 1787 Constitutional Convention that advocated for equal representation of states in a unicameral legislature, favoring smaller states.
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E.
L’Enfant Plan for Washington, D.C.
The L’Enfant Plan for Washington, D.C. is the original late-18th-century urban design by Pierre Charles L’Enfant that laid out the U.S. capital’s grand radial avenues, ceremonial spaces, and monumental core.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Commissioners' Plan of 1811 Target entity description: The Commissioners' Plan of 1811 was the landmark urban design blueprint that established Manhattan’s iconic rectilinear street grid, shaping the borough’s modern layout and development.
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A.
McMillan Plan
The McMillan Plan was an early 20th-century urban design blueprint that reshaped Washington, D.C.’s monumental core with grand boulevards, parks, and neoclassical civic spaces inspired by City Beautiful principles.
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B.
Oglethorpe Plan
The Oglethorpe Plan is the original 18th-century urban design for Savannah, Georgia, characterized by its distinctive grid layout of wards centered around public squares.
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C.
Plan of Chicago
The Plan of Chicago is a landmark 1909 urban planning blueprint that proposed a comprehensive redesign and beautification of Chicago, profoundly influencing modern city planning in the United States.
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D.
Paterson Plan
The Paterson Plan, formally known as the New Jersey Plan, was a proposal at the 1787 Constitutional Convention that advocated for equal representation of states in a unicameral legislature, favoring smaller states.
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E.
L’Enfant Plan for Washington, D.C.
The L’Enfant Plan for Washington, D.C. is the original late-18th-century urban design by Pierre Charles L’Enfant that laid out the U.S. capital’s grand radial avenues, ceremonial spaces, and monumental core.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city plan
ⓘ
historic planning blueprint ⓘ urban planning document ⓘ |
| appliesTo | Manhattan ⓘ |
| approvedInYear | 1811 ⓘ |
| borough | Manhattan ⓘ |
| city | New York City ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | New York State Legislature ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy |
Gouverneur Morris
ⓘ
John Rutherfurd ⓘ Simeon De Witt ⓘ |
| definesFeature |
Manhattan street grid
ⓘ
long north–south avenues ⓘ numbered avenues ⓘ numbered streets ⓘ orthogonal street grid ⓘ rectangular blocks ⓘ rectilinear street layout ⓘ short east–west streets ⓘ uniform block sizes ⓘ |
| documentType |
map
ⓘ
report ⓘ |
| geographicExtentNorth | 155th Street ⓘ |
| geographicExtentSouth |
Houston Street vicinity
ⓘ
linked to:
South of Houston Street
North of existing lower Manhattan street network ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
foundation of modern Manhattan layout
ⓘ
landmark in American urban planning ⓘ |
| influenced |
building patterns in Manhattan
ⓘ
land values in Manhattan ⓘ neighborhood boundaries in Manhattan ⓘ urban development of Manhattan ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Enlightenment planning ideals
ⓘ
grid plans of other American cities ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterModifiedBy |
creation of Central Park
ⓘ
later street widenings and extensions ⓘ |
| notableFor |
emphasis on real estate subdivision
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long uninterrupted avenues ⓘ minimal provision for parks ⓘ regularity and simplicity ⓘ |
| orientation |
avenues run north–south
ⓘ
streets run east–west ⓘ |
| purpose |
facilitate real estate subdivision
ⓘ
guide urban expansion of Manhattan ⓘ improve circulation and access ⓘ standardize street layout ⓘ |
| startDate | 1811-03-22 ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| surveyor |
John Randel Jr.
ⓘ
linked to:
Andrew Ellicott
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Subject: Commissioners' Plan of 1811 Description of subject: The Commissioners' Plan of 1811 was the landmark urban design blueprint that established Manhattan’s iconic rectilinear street grid, shaping the borough’s modern layout and development.
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linked to: Commissioners' Plan of 1811
linked to: Commissioners' Plan of 1811