Template:Did you know nominations/Waller Plan
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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 02:29, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
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Waller Plan
1839 Waller Plan of Austin, Texas
- ... that the 1839 city plan for Austin, Texas (pictured), is thought to have been inspired by the original 1682 city plan for Philadelphia? Source: "Waller's plan, based on the eighteenth-century plan for Philadelphia, consisted of a grid with a central square at which major crossing axes terminated; smaller, secondary squares were located within the plan." ([1] p.13)
- ALT1:... that the original city plan for Austin, Texas (pictured), named east–west streets for Texas trees and north–south streets for Texas rivers? Source: "The streets running north-south ... were named for Texas rivers, with their order of placement matching the order of rivers on the Texas state map. The east-west streets were named after Texas trees..." ([2])
- Reviewed: Mohamad Isa
Created by Bryanrutherford0 (talk). Self-nominated at 16:58, 14 January 2021 (UTC).
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| QPQ: Done. |
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Epicgenius (talk) 01:16, 19 January 2021 (UTC)