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Media Gallery. Born in Saint-Avold, France, Risse graduated from a Christian Brothers school with high honors, immigrating to the United States in 1868 at the age of seventeen and settling in the Bronx. From 1868 to 1869, he surveyed and created maps for the New York and Harlem Railroad. Risse drafted a street map of the town of Morrisania ...
Mar 18, 2009 · Louis Alois Risse the famous engeneer in our city was born in Saint Avold, March 28, 1850. His family has been living here since the 17th century. He isn’t an alsacian but was born in Lorraine a region near Alsace. He settled to the USA 1867, and leave all his life in New-York where he died 1925.
Firm. Manhatta Architecture, P.C. Type. Residential › Apartment Private House. Designed by Louis Aloys Risse, the Grand Concourse was constructed between 1894-1909. Modeled on the Champs-Elysees in Paris, this world famous thoroughfare was built during the height of the City Beautiful Movement. 800 Grand Concourse is situated within the heart ...
Oct 6, 2012 · Lined by some of the best examples of 1920s and 1930s Art Moderne-style architecture, the Grand Concourse was built to facilitate access between Manhattan and the large parks of the Bronx. Modeled after the Champs-Élysées and built at the height of the City Beautiful movement, the design by Alsatian engineer Louis Aloys Risse included paths ...
Designed by Louis Aloys Risse, the Grand Concourse was constructed between 1894-1909. Modeled on the Champs-Elysees in Paris, this world famous thoroughfare was built during the height of the City Beautiful Movement. 800 Grand Concourse is situated within the heart of the Grand Concourse Historic District.
6 days ago · It was conceived in 1890 by Louis Aloys Risse, a French immigrant and chief topographical engineer of New York City. Since its opening in 1909, it has become “ the Bronx’s most famous street ...
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
