MEGA  YORK  METRO  MATRIX  PENTAGRAM    

140514  USA  East  Coast  mega  metropolitan  structure  

Mega York 400 miles

650 km

1) The Appalachians

3) The Capes

The harbors line

New  York  

Philadelphia  

Bal;more  

Washington  

Wilmington  

Providence  

Boston  

New  Haven  The center plain axe

The capes centralities

The valleys

The foothills

North-South rivers

2) The Coastal Plain Trenton  

Mega York Metro Matrix Location of metropolitan centers Location of secondary cities Growth axes ‘Missing’ cities

Trenton  

Fredrick  

Lancaster  

Reading  

York  

Harrisburg  

Allenton  

Hanover  

Lines of the Pentagram 1)  Deep harbors in the coast: NY, Ba, Ph, Bo, Wa, etc 2)  Capes centralities 3)  Foothill settlements 4)  Plain intermediate settlements 5)  Valley on the mountain range

New  London  

Norristown  

Dover  

Edison  

Newton  

Easton  Somerville  

Doylestown  

Islip  

Wilmington  

Stamford  

HarJord  

Springfield   Worcester  

Lowell  

Taunton  

Peekskill  

Kingston  

Newburgh  Danbury  

Waterbury  

New  Haven  Middletown  

BalQmore  

Havre  de  Grace  

West  Chester  

Westminster  

Shrewsbury  

Gaithersburg  

Manassas  

Stafford  

Annapolis  

Dover  

Salisbury  

Vineland  

New  Hanover  

Middletown  

Brick  

1)

2)

3)

4)

5)

Main metropolitan centers

Potential metropolitan centralities

Foothill cities

Center plain settlements

Cape centralities

Valley Towns

Trenton  

Fredrick  

Lancaster  

Reading  

York  

Harrisburg  

Allenton  

Hanover  

Lines of the Pentagram 1)  Deep harbors in the coast: NY, Ba, Ph, Bo, Wa, etc 2)  Capes centralities 3)  Foothill settlements 4)  Plain intermediate settlements 5)  Valley on the mountain range

New  London  

Norristown  

Dover  

Edison  

Newton  

Easton  Somerville  

Doylestown  

Islip  

Wilmington  

Stamford  

HarJord  

Springfield  

Worcester  

Lowell  

Taunton  

Peekskill  

Kingston  

Newburgh  Danbury  

Waterbury  

New  Haven  Middletown  

Bal;more  

Havre  de  Grace  

West  Chester  

Westminster  

Shrewsbury  

Gaithersburg  

Manassas  

Stafford  

Annapolis  

Dover  

Salisbury  

Vineland  

New  Hanover  

Middletown  

Brick  

Washington  DC  

Philadelphia  

New  York  

Boston  

Providence  

Albany  

Trenton  

Fredrick  

Lancaster  

Reading  

York  

Harrisburg  

Allenton  

Hanover  

New  London  

Norristown  

Dover  

Edison  

Newton  

Easton  Somerville  

Doylestown  

Islip  

Wilmington  

Stamford  

HarJord  

Springfield  

Worcester  

Lowell  

Taunton  

Peekskill  

Kingston  

Newburgh  Danbury  

Waterbury  

New  Haven  Middletown  

Bal;more  

Havre  de  Grace  

West  Chester  

Westminster  

Shrewsbury  

Gaithersburg  

Manassas  

Stafford  

Annapolis  

Dover  

Salisbury  

Vineland  

New  Hanover  

Middletown  

Brick  

Washington  DC  

Philadelphia  

New  York  

Boston  

Providence  

Albany  

Maryland Metroloop

Maryloop in the Mega York Context