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The latter. Think of all the rowhome and twin neighborhoods. Plus the 1-4 family houses found all over Queens. Even most of The Bronx geographically would fall into that category.
The latter. Think of all the rowhome and twin neighborhoods. Plus the 1-4 family houses found all over Queens. Even most of The Bronx geographically would fall into that category.
Yup that’s why I had to ask. Looking at nyc on a map it looks like more land is dedicated to single and multi family homes over the apartment buildings.
I’d like to learn more about the development the city between 1940 and 1970!
Yup that’s why I had to ask. Looking at nyc on a map it looks like more land is dedicated to single and multi family homes over the apartment buildings.
I’d like to learn more about the development the city between 1940 and 1970!
This might even be true of most of Brooklyn and the Bronx in terms of land use
While I have no idea about the number of each of these kinds of buildings in NYC, I just want to point out that these new glass skyscrapers (which I hate, btw) are so cheap to build and so much lighter than the buildings built of real materials, that I think they are going to be a massive building wave of the future in NYC (unfortunately). Mid-sized buildings, if any of them become structurally questionable, or simply if developers can put their hands on them, are all probably going to be razed, and the new tall glass buildings built on their sites. Considering the size and composition of the NYC population and the resulting need for housing (particularly larger units for families), I think mid-sized buildings will no longer exist in NYC by the year 2250, except for a few historically significant ones (I will not be alive, thank goodness). Although my favorite type of architecture are industrial or mass-residential brick buildings built between mid-1800s and mid-1900s, I do enjoy looking at rows of brownstones (though would not live in one - they seem to be nearly impossible to heat in the winter, and generally require a lot of upkeep), but do not particularly like any other type of smaller building... but I always mourn any replacement of a real building by a glass one :-(.
While I have no idea about the number of each of these kinds of buildings in NYC, I just want to point out that these new glass skyscrapers (which I hate, btw) are so cheap to build and so much lighter than the buildings built of real materials, that I think they are going to be a massive building wave of the future in NYC (unfortunately). Mid-sized buildings, if any of them become structurally questionable, or simply if developers can put their hands on them, are all probably going to be razed, and the new tall glass buildings built on their sites. Considering the size and composition of the NYC population and the resulting need for housing (particularly larger units for families), I think mid-sized buildings will no longer exist in NYC by the year 2250, except for a few historically significant ones (I will not be alive, thank goodness). Although my favorite type of architecture are industrial or mass-residential brick buildings built between mid-1800s and mid-1900s, I do enjoy looking at rows of brownstones (though would not live in one - they seem to be nearly impossible to heat in the winter, and generally require a lot of upkeep), but do not particularly like any other type of smaller building... but I always mourn any replacement of a real building by a glass one :-(.
I said the same thing to 1995 a few weeks back. I think railroad apartments and Victorian houses (large homes that tend to be in overall dense areas like Flatbush, parts of the Bronx etc) will be extinct one day!
St Albans and parts of Far Rock will keep their Victorians forever it seems since big developments aren’t coming to these areas anytime soon.
I said the same thing to 1995 a few weeks back. I think railroad apartments and Victorian houses (large homes that tend to be in overall dense areas like Flatbush, parts of the Bronx etc) will be extinct one day!
St Albans and parts of Far Rock will keep their Victorians forever it seems since big developments aren’t coming to these areas anytime soon.
While I have no idea about the number of each of these kinds of buildings in NYC, I just want to point out that these new glass skyscrapers (which I hate, btw) are so cheap to build and so much lighter than the buildings built of real materials, that I think they are going to be a massive building wave of the future in NYC (unfortunately). Mid-sized buildings, if any of them become structurally questionable, or simply if developers can put their hands on them, are all probably going to be razed, and the new tall glass buildings built on their sites. Considering the size and composition of the NYC population and the resulting need for housing (particularly larger units for families), I think mid-sized buildings will no longer exist in NYC by the year 2250, except for a few historically significant ones (I will not be alive, thank goodness). Although my favorite type of architecture are industrial or mass-residential brick buildings built between mid-1800s and mid-1900s, I do enjoy looking at rows of brownstones (though would not live in one - they seem to be nearly impossible to heat in the winter, and generally require a lot of upkeep), but do not particularly like any other type of smaller building... but I always mourn any replacement of a real building by a glass one :-(.
You don't like Manhattan walkup midrise and Bronx midrise elevator buildings? Those are NYC as it gets IMO
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