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Risse, Louis Aloys, 1896-1903 (Chief Top Engineer and Engineer of Concourse, City of New York Commissioner of Street Improvements [and later] Chief Topographical Engineer, Board of Public Improvements, City of New York Topographical Bureau, New York, New York) [ANS Chapman brothers business correspondence] Bookreader Item Preview
Mar 18, 2009 · Conceived in 1890 as a way of connecting Manhattan to the northern Bronx, the Grand Concourse was designed by Louis Aloys Risse, an Alsatian-born engineer, and opened in November 1909. To...
Risse oversaw the installation of the New York City Exhibit at the St. Louis Exposition, and was a member of the International Jury of Engineers at Paris in 1900. He retired to private practice in Manhattan upon the elimination of the Board of Public Improvements in 1902.
May 21, 2024 · 8. The Grand Concourse Was Modeled After the Champs-Élysées in Paris. Photo via City-Data from Wikimedia Commons. The Grand Concourse is also known as the “Champs-Élysées of the Bronx, which is...
Designed by Alsatian-born engineer Louis Aloys Risse, the Grand Concourse in the Bronx was modeled after the Champs-Élysées in Paris, and boasts one of the highest concentrations of art deco...
Jan 5, 2016 · The roadway’s designer, Louis Aloys Risse, was a French immigrant who had previously worked for the New York Central Railroad. He envisioned the Grand Concourse as New York’s version of the Champs-Élysées—only longer—and the project would span 180 feet across, with bicycle paths, pedestrian sidewalks and three distinct roadways split ...
May 22, 2020 · The idea of the Grand Concourse came from a French immigrant named Louis Aloys Risse who conceived it in 1890 as a way to connect Manhattan to the northern Bronx, which back then was known as the Annexed District.
