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Removal of Manhattan Island, by Robert Grosvenor, 1975

May 26, 2011 by Fosco Lucarelli 2 Comments

Via: Betonbabe

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Comments

  1. nick says

    December 7, 2011 at 4:16 pm

    interesting – i wish i had seen this earlier!
    http://nickaxel.net/index.php?/ongoing/the-greatest-grid-again/

  2. fosco lucarelli says

    December 12, 2011 at 7:21 pm

    hi axel, were you working on a project or an essay on the subject?
    Very interesting theoretical and practical works on your site, congrats and let’s keep in touch!
    fosco

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