The Grid Pattern Town

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The paper identifies the spatial and social significance of the grid/gridiron plan in the Spanish American production of towns and cities throughout what is now Latin America. The paper offers a varied bibliography, focused on the planning and history; the early 16th century regulations produced in Felipe II's "Laws of the Indies". The paper also notes the importance to later social divisions, Indian populations, RCC and future urban renewal efforts.

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"A royal ordinance of Felipe II of July 3, 1573, produced regulations for the creation of Spanish settlements in the New World, towards towns and cities that remain a strong feature of Latin American urbanity in the 21st century. Grid or `gridiron' plans had long been a solution for imperial powers in new territory. Their remains dot areas of long ago Roman Britain, as in contrast with the chaotic development of Rome itself, towns across the Empire were planned to ensure order."

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