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He became Chief Topographical Engineer and Engineer of Concourse in 1895, and Chief Topographical Engineer of Greater New York in 1898. His 1899 topographical map of Greater New York took first prize at the Paris Exposition, and while there, he was named an officer of the Legion of Honor.
17.5 cubic feet (19 boxes) The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence mostly regarding bids, payments, lists of coins sent on approval, and other matters having to do with the buying and selling of coins, including about twelve cubic feet of letters received by the firm S.H. & H. Chapman, still folded and in envelopes, mostly arranged alphabetically by the correspondent’s last ...
Name Louis A. Risse Event Type Death Event Date 10 Mar 1925 Event Place Bronx, New York, New York, United States Gender Male Age 74 Marital Status Married Race White Occupation Civil Engineer Birth Date 28 Mar 1850 Birthplace France Burial Date 13 Mar 1925 Cemetery Woodlawn Cemetery Father's Name Nicholas Risse...
3 days ago · The Grand Concourse is a major thoroughfare in the Bronx that spans more than four miles in the western part of the borough. It was conceived in 1890 by Louis Aloys Risse, a French immigrant...
A French immigrant and life-long civil servant by the name of Louis Aloys Risse was named its Chief Engineer. Risse, who spoke little English and had moved to The Bronx from his native St. Avoid, near the Franco-German border, was a visionary whose ideas earned him the moniker “crazy Frenchman.”
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