William Baer abhorred the relationship between developers and historians. Baer describes how William Penn formed lots into grid patterns, with broadened streets; and although modern for the time, this was still a failure due to market analysis. The overall map was very attractive, but it needed a solidified central government in ordered to perform functionally. Sadly, Penn’s visions weren’t fully adopted until he passed away, and his grid pattern wasn’t a success, until Pennsylvania became a state. To historians he treks unnoticed, but to developers, he is America’s First Developer. Hildegard Johnson, on the other hand, discusses the time after Penn. Johnson describes the map through geometrical figures, as he stresses the importance of the
