1916 Zoning Resolution

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Midtown Manhattan in 1932, showing the results of the Zoning Resolution: skyscrapers with setbacks
Graph of the 1916 New York City zoning ordinance with an example elevation for an 80-foot street in a 2½-times height district

The 1916 Zoning Resolution in New York City was the first citywide zoning code in the United States. The zoning resolution reflected both borough and local interests, and was proposed after the Equitable Building was erected in Lower Manhattan in 1915.

The resolution was a measure adopted primarily to stop massive buildings from preventing light and air from reaching the streets below and established limits in building

Edward M. Bassett.[2][3]

Impact

Study by Hugh Ferriss from The Metropolis of Tomorrow (1929) indicating the maximum mass permitted by the 1916 rules

The 1916 Zoning Resolution had a major impact on

Williamsburgh Savings Bank Building, which rose in isolation in Brooklyn, where no such zoning dictated form. The tiered Art Deco
skyscrapers of the 1920s and 1930s are a direct result of this resolution.

Legacy

By the mid-century most new

International Style buildings had met the setback requirements by adopting the use of plazas or low-rise buildings surrounding a monolithic tower centered on the site. This approach was often criticized.[6]

The

Mies van der Rohe with Philip Johnson, and Lever House by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, introduced the new ideas about office building with open space. These buildings changed the skyline of New York City with both the advent of simple glass box design and their treatment of adjacent open spaces. The new zoning encouraged privately owned public space to ease the density of the city.[9]

See also

References

  1. Barr, Jason M. (27 March 2019). "Revisiting 1916 (Part I): The History of New York City's First Zoning Resolution"
    . Skynomics Blog. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  2. ^ Dunlap, David W. (July 26, 2016). "Zoning Arrived 100 Years Ago. It Changed New York City Forever". The New York Times.
  3. ^ "Celebrating 100 Years of Zoning". Regional Plan Association. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Background". www1.nyc.gov. Archived from the original on 2021-04-16. Retrieved 2017-05-24.
  5. ^ Nash and McGrath, Manhattan Skyscrapers 2005:55.
  6. ^ Dunlap, David W. (December 7, 2006). "At New Trade Center, Seeking Lively (but Secure) Streets". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-06-06.
  7. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  8. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  9. ^ Bressi, Todd W., ed. (1993). Planning and Zoning New York City. Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. pp. 9–12.

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External links
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