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Let’s Get Physical: Plymouth Grid Update

The snow is coming down in New Jersey, with about 12 inches on the ground [badumbumching].

I was talking to my dad about the latest plans for the physical grid on the first property. I told him how we were working on individual square foot tiles that would be gridded and installed in the ground, and why in the matrix of tradeoffs between cost, clarity of division between spaces, durability and looks, I thought that was the best most doable solution to start out with.

That got him thinking, and he disappeared down into the basement with an idea to prototype.

It’s pretty sweet! I need to talk to James about it, but basically he took 1/8 inch steel rods and welded them together into a grid of square inches. The idea being that the grid would lay directly on the ground and serve the same function as the tiles in showing a clear grid and letting people build on top of it, being sturdy and cheap, but also keeping the ground and dirt visible and open for maximum landyness and for people who want to plant things.

So now I’m thinking this might be the really great solution that could be put together cheaply, quickly, and (importantly) very well. Dad’s got ninja skills.

Last week Philip brought me to his friend’s silkscreening lair and we made a square foot screen for silkscreening inches on the tiles.

We could use this for screening 51 tiles that could go around the edges and on the inside walkway of Plymouth, around the wire grid, and also mark a key on them so it’s easy for inchvestors to find their spaces, and for visitors to identify who’s got what space. Magical Mystery Sketch (the rainbow area represents where the tiles and map key would go):

To be continued…