city planner Joseph Ellicott

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City planner Joseph Ellicott was an early 19th-century American surveyor and urban designer best known for laying out the radial street plan of Buffalo, New York, and helping shape the development of western New York.

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instanceOf city planner
human
surveyor
urban planner
burialPlace New York City NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1760-11-01
dateOfDeath 1826-08-19
describedAtURL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Ellicott_(surveyor)
designed original street plan of Buffalo, New York
educatedAt Quaker schools in Pennsylvania
employer Holland Land Company NERFINISHED
era early 19th century
ethnicGroup English American NERFINISHED
familyName Ellicott NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork land surveying
real estate development
urban design
givenName Joseph NERFINISHED
hasInfluenced settlement patterns in western New York
urban development of Buffalo, New York
honorificEponym Ellicott Square Building (name origin) NERFINISHED
Ellicott Street in Buffalo, New York NERFINISHED
influencedBy L’Enfant’s plan for Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED
knownFor laying out the street plan of Buffalo, New York
planning and promoting development of western New York
memberOf Society of Friends NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage English
notableWork radial street plan of Buffalo, New York
survey of western New York for the Holland Land Company
occupation city planner
judge
land agent
surveyor
participantIn survey of the Holland Purchase in western New York
placeOfBirth Bucks County, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath New York City
positionHeld chief surveyor for the Holland Land Company
resident agent of the Holland Land Company in western New York
religion Quakerism NERFINISHED
residence Batavia, New York NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
sibling Andrew Ellicott NERFINISHED
Benjamin Ellicott NERFINISHED
significantProject layout of Buffalo’s radial street system centered on Niagara Square
platting of towns across the Holland Purchase
workLocation Batavia, New York NERFINISHED
Buffalo, New York NERFINISHED

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