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In urban planning, the grid plan, grid street plan, or gridiron plan is a type of city plan in which streets run perpendicular (at right angles) to each other, forming a grid.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grid plan | is a | one for New York City formulated in the Commissioners' Plan of 1811 | 0.90 | text |
| New York architect Charles Lamb | instance of | urban planners | 0.80 | text |
| who was one of the first to sketch out a city plan with a hexagonal grid | instance of | urban planners | 0.80 | text |
| and Rudolf Muller | instance of | urban planners | 0.80 | text |
| Austrian architect who iterated upon Lamb's hexagonal grid system | instance of | urban planners | 0.80 | text |
| demonstrated their application | instance of | urban planners | 0.80 | text |
| value to city grids | instance of | urban planners | 0.80 | text |
| pavement | instance of | Any configuration can have wide or narrow streets.Street length influences proportionately the number of street components that have to be constructed | 0.80 | text |
| curbs | instance of | Any configuration can have wide or narrow streets.Street length influences proportionately the number of street components that have to be constructed | 0.80 | text |
| sidewalks | instance of | Any configuration can have wide or narrow streets.Street length influences proportionately the number of street components that have to be constructed | 0.80 | text |
| storm sewers | instance of | Any configuration can have wide or narrow streets.Street length influences proportionately the number of street components that have to be constructed | 0.80 | text |
| drains | instance of | Any configuration can have wide or narrow streets.Street length influences proportionately the number of street components that have to be constructed | 0.80 | text |
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