{"product_id":"9780306825491","title":"City on a Grid: How New York Became New York","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2015\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eNew York City Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe never-before-told story of the grid that ate Manhattan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou either love it or hate it, but nothing says New York like the street grid of Manhattan. This is its story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eCity on a Grid\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The best account to date of the process by which an odd amalgamation of democracy and capitalism got written into New York's physical DNA.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Intriguing...breezy and highly readable.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eCity on a Grid\u003c\/i\u003e tells the too little-known tale of how and why Manhattan came to be the waffle-board city we know.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[An] expert investigation into what made the city special.\"\u003ci\u003e—\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A fun, fascinating, and accessible read for those curious enough to delve into the origins of an amazing city.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Journal of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Koeppel is the very best sort of writer for this sort of history.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoanoke Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47019487559920,"sku":"9780306825491","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780306825491_p0.jpg?v=1763671478","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780306825491","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}