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Title: The Great north side, or, Borough of the Bronx, New York
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Durst, Seymour B., 1913-, former owner. NNC North Side Board of Trade (Bronx, New York, N.Y.)
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Publisher: New York : Knickerbocker Press
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization

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ches, as follows : 1st. Topographical work. 2d. Regulating, grading, curbing, flagging, paving, andla\ Lng cr^w alks, etc 3d. The constructing of sewers and appurtenances,etc. TOPOGRAPHIC A L WORK. This work is of a multifarious nature and is done prin-cipally under the Following heads: SURVEYING AM) LAYING-OUT OF TIN; NORTH BIDS. The general scope of this work being the conversion ofthis great area from farm land into city property. Morecorrectly it may be defined as the preparation of the exadworking plans according to which a great city shall l>econstructed. MONUMENTING. This work consists in placing stone monuments or ironbolts at the angles of intersecting >treets and avenues for thepurpose of delineating the exact location of the same on theground. FINAL MAPS AND PROFILES OF THE NORTH SIDE. The general plan of the street system for the whole NorthSide (exclusive of the district east of the Bronx River) wasprepared, covering 12,317 acres. This plan shows the general
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163 The Great North Side. course and location of avenues and streets. The district wassubdivided into 28 sections, and a title page, an index page,28 map pages, and 58 profile pages, on a scale of L50 (eel toone (1) inch, were prepared and submitted for the finalapproval and concurrence of the Board of Street Openingand Improvement* After this concurrence had been obtained,three (3) copies, for filing, of each of these 88 maps weremade and filed previously t January, 1 Vh;, as provided for inChapter 44tt of tin* Laws of 1w hich act extended the time of completion of the street plan as originally orderedunder (lhapter 5 L5 of the Law s of L890. The plan was adapted to the topography and its ultimateoccupation of the different areas of the region laid out,whether Eor commercial purposes, for manufacturing or generalbusiness, or for residences. The street plan provides direct,hence shortest, thoroughfares between objective points. Itprovides that the grade of >t refts snail ue

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