267 Pages
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Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
267 Pages
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Routledge
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Two unique events shaped the magnificent unnatural geography of New York City and created its sense of place: the Commissioners' Plan of 1811 and the zoning resolution of 1916. The first imprinted Manhattan with a two-dimensional plan, a rectangular grid defined by broad north-south avenues, multiple east-west cross streets, and by its standard units: blocks of two hundred feet by six hundred to... Read more
PART I, THE HISTORICAL FRAMEWORK, A 3D CBD: How the 1916 Zoning Law Shaped Manhattan's Central Business Districts, Zoning and the New Horizontal City, The 1961 Zoning Revision and the Template of the Ideal City, Zoning from 1961 to 1991 : Turning Back the Clock But with an Up-to-the-Minute Social Agenda, Zoning for Growth and Change, PART II FUTURE SCENARIOS Planning and Zoning for a Mature City, Planning the Equitable City, Commentary PART III IMPLICATIONS Reflections on Planning and Zoning New York City APPENDIX A Brief Profile of Today's City and Trends for the Future
Biography
Todd Bressi
