The beginning of this regulation of land & building use dates from a 1916 New York City ordinance
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How Zoning Made New York City: The 1916 Resolution and the ...  Jul 18, 2016 ... New York City pioneered modern urban planning through its 1916 Zoning ... of City Planning's website, the code consists of regulations aimed to promote ... to regulate and establish limits on the use of land and building size,...
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1916 Zoning Resolution - Wikipedia  The New York City 1916 Zoning Resolution was a measure adopted primarily to stop massive buildings such as the Equitable Building from preventing light and air from reaching the streets below. It established limits in building massing at certain heights, usually interpreted ... Architectural delineator Hugh Ferriss popularized these new regulations in...
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Background - NYC.gov  New York City's power to regulate use, bulk, density of buildings, to promote ... grants municipalities the power to regulate land use in a manner designed to ... The 1916 ZR has had a profound influence on urban development across ... 1926), many U.S. towns, villages, and cities developed zoning ordinances and controls.
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Zoning in 20th-Century American Cities - American History: Oxford ...  Zoning is a legal tool employed by local governments to regulate land development. ... Zoning was explicitly intended to sanction regulation of real property use to serve ... core, which became the primary site of urban growth beginning after 1920. .... The 1916 New York City Building Zone Plan is commonly and incorrectly...
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The Birth of Zoning Codes, a History - CityLab  Jun 19, 2012 ... There were early efforts to temper New York's building streak. ... In 1916, the city responded by passing the country's first comprehensive zoning code. ... "The really big constraint of land use regulation was the inability of...
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Early skyscrapers - Wikipedia  The early skyscrapers were a range of tall, commercial buildings built between 1884 and 1939, predominantly in the American cities of New York City and Chicago. Cities in the United States were traditionally made up of low-rise buildings, ... New York was one of the centers of early skyscraper construction, and had a...
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The Original Big Dig  Beekman1802.com  Native Americans used the waterways of the Northeast for travel and trade long ... Federal funds fell through, but the New York State legislature, with the ... Construction began on July 4th, 1817. ... The Old Erie Canal State Historic Park comprises a 36-mile trail from Rome, NY, where ground was first broken in 1817, to the...
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The History of Building Elevation in New Orleans - Federal ...  As early as 1719, when New Orleans was a cluster of huts in the yet-to-be gridded or ... This house, with its principal living areas elevated on an aboveground ... under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Contributions of staff ... French and Spanish Settlement In the first decade of the 18th century, Bayou St.
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Upper East Side Historic District (Volume 2) - NYC.gov  Upper East Side. Historic District. Designation Report. Volume II. 1981. City of New .... Four-story brownstone building; second through fourth floors retain or ...... 1914 - tw3-story front extension for stores ...... 966 converted to stores and apartments and first tw ...... years, the stylistic expression tends toward a severe neo-clas-.
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KELO v. NEW LONDON [04-108] | FindLaw  Jun 23, 2005 ... Case opinion for US Supreme Court KELO v. ... Read the Court's full decision on FindLaw. ... and recreational land uses, with the hope that they will form a whole ... (c) Petitioners' proposal that the Court adopt a new bright-line rule that ... In 2000, the city of New London approved a development plan that,...
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The History Place - American Revolution: A New Nation  September 22, 1784 - Russians establish their first settlement in Alaska, on Kodiak Island. January 11, 1785 - Congress relocates to New York City, temporary capital ... January 16, 1786 - The Virginia legislature passes Jefferson's Ordinance of .... March 4, 1789 - The first Congress convenes in New York City, but is unable...
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ISTG - The Compass - Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild  From August 1, 1855 to April 1890, Castle Garden served as the entry point for New York City and was America's first immigrant receiving station. The Ellis Island immigrant receiving station did not open until January 1, 1892, ... More than a dozen forts were built to defend New York Harbor at the time of the War of 1812.
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Mountain Water for a City: A chronicle of New York City's battle to ...  Out of Sight, Out of Mind . .... hostility. But as The New York Times observed later that year, ... For the agreement also set in place the first set of water- ..... On April 17, with the leaf buds already popping, he hit the .... later named (the bridge authority mistakenly dropped one of the .... When New York became an American.
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J! Archive - Show #2966, aired 1997-06-23  Fires in New York City tenements inspired an 1860 law requiring these .... This Latvian city's Dome Cathedral sometimes hosts the International Boys' Choir...
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Northwest Ordinances | United States [1784, 1785, 1787 ...  Jun 10, 2016 ... The Northwest Territory, created by the Northwest Ordinances of ... 1784), divided the territory into a handful of self-governing districts. ... The basic unit of land grant was the township, which was a square area measuring ... due north and south as aforesaid, shall begin on the River Ohio, at a .... Login; Join.
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History of Albany, New York - Wikipedia  ... to 20th Century  1900 to World War II  Corning Era  Post-Corning and today  New York portal  v  t  e. The history of Albany, New York, begins with the first interaction of Europeans with the native ... Fur traders established the first European settlement in 1614; Albany was ... It became the capital of New York in 1797. It is...
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The House of Mirth  1908 Jan 21, New York City's Board of Aldermen passed an ordinance that ... 1900 Mar 24, Mayor Van Wyck of New York broke ground for the New York subway tunnel that would ... 1902 William Randolph Hearst served 2 terms as Congressman for the 11th ... 1904 Aug 16, NYC began building the Grand Central Station.
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History of transportation in New York City - Wikipedia  Transportation in New York City has ranged from strong Dutch authority in the 17th century, ... The first paved street in New York was authorized by Petrus Stuyvesant (Peter .... The Brooklyn Bridge was opened for use on May 24, 1883. ... Elevated trains, after a modest introduction on 9th Avenue, spread in the 1880s.
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Gracie Mansion - NYC.gov  In 1896, the City of New York appropriated the estate due to non-payment of ... After decades of use as a concession stand and as restrooms for the park, ... 1932, Gracie Mansion became a historic house museum run by the Parks Department. ... city authorities to designate the house as the official residence of the Mayor...
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New York City 1900-1949 - Timelines of History  1903 Jun 19, Henry Louis Gehrig (d.6/22/1941) was born in New York City. ..... the first double decker bridge, opened and linked the New York boroughs of Manhattan and Queens. ..... High-speed express and local elevators were also used in this building, ... 1916 Feb 26, Jackie Gleason, comedian (Ralph Kramden in the...
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Commissioners' Plan of 1811 - Wikipedia  The Commissioners' Plan of 1811 was the original design for the streets of Manhattan above Houston Street, which put in place the rectangular grid plan of streets and lots that has defined Manhattan ... Central Park, the massive urban greenspace in Manhattan running from Fifth Avenue to Eighth Avenue and from 59th...