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Hippodamus of Miletus Greek father of rational city planning; grid city planning (streets intersect at right angles, allocation of public and private space
Jamestown Founded in 1606; first permanent English settlement in North America; triangular shaped fort; relocated to today's Williamsburg, VA
Williamsburg, VA Site of first attempted canal in US (not completed); first psychiatric hospital; Francis Nicholson wanted W-shaped town in honor of King William, ended up with wide central avenue
Boston, MA Founded in 1630 by Massachusetts Bay Colony; largest and wealthiest city of the Atlantic colonies; first schools - Boston Latin School and Harvard
New York, NY (the colony) Founded in 1625 by the Dutch, captured by the English in 1664; had vast country estates, winding roads, streams, irregular shaped properties before the grid system
Charleston, SC Founded in 1670; first American city to use city planning where streets were laid out in broad and straight lines
Philadelphia, PA Founded in 1682 by William Penn; green, grid system with 4 quadrants with 4 parks and 1 central park
Yorktown Established in 1691; no thought of present-day zoning concerns; wealthy hillside and poorer wharf side; mostly destroyed by fire in 1814
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