City planning takes countless mathematical concepts, from layouts to infrastructure. Nowhere is this more obvious than my hometown of Bexley, Ohio. Much of the Midwest was created in a grid system, almost perfectly geometrical layouts dominated by neighborhoods in configurations of block after block. This system is what is known as the Jeffersonian grid. According to the design website Core 77, "The Land Ordinance of 1785, drafted by Thomas Jefferson, extended government authority over the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes regions. As a response to what he believed to be a confusing survey system already in use, Jefferson suggested a new grid system based on the rectangle. The grid divided land into plots one mile square, each consisting of 640 acres. The grid also placed a visible design upon a relatively untouched landscape. The ordinance was the first of its kind in America but would continue to affect urban, suburban and farmland planning to present day."
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City Planning (geometry)
City planning takes countless mathematical concepts, from layouts to infrastructure. Nowhere is this more obvious than my hometown of Bexley, Ohio. Much of the Midwest was created in a grid system, almost perfectly geometrical layouts dominated by neighborhoods in configurations of block after block. This system is what is known as the Jeffersonian grid. According to the design website Core 77, "The Land Ordinance of 1785, drafted by Thomas Jefferson, extended government authority over the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes regions. As a response to what he believed to be a confusing survey system already in use, Jefferson suggested a new grid system based on the rectangle. The grid divided land into plots one mile square, each consisting of 640 acres. The grid also placed a visible design upon a relatively untouched landscape. The ordinance was the first of its kind in America but would continue to affect urban, suburban and farmland planning to present day."
