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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] The bulk of the collection consists of ...
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...
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 ...
The Life of Aimee Adeline. When Aimee Adeline Risse was born in December 1873, in New York, United States, her father, Louis Aloys Risse, was 23 and her mother, Susan Madelaine Crowe, was 20. She married Floyd Mortimer Lord on 31 October 1894, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States.
Mar 22, 2024 · The Grand Concourse is also known as the “Champs-Élysées of the Bronx, which is what the road’s French designer, Louis Aloys Risse, intended when he designed it. Later, Risse would work for...
Dec 13, 2018 · Risse Street Park’s namesake comes from Louis Aloys Risse, a city engineer and Frenchman who designed the Grand Concourse in 1890. The park, less than an acre, is formally known as Risse Street Triangle.
Jan 24, 2022 · It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Louis J. Staffieri III of Conestoga, Pennsylvania, born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, who passed away on January 14, 2022, leaving to mourn family and friends. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family. He was predeceased by : his parents, Jeannie ...