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Midtown Manhattan in 1932 showing the results of the 1916 Zoning Resolution: many 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.
Manhattan Community Board 5 is a New York City community board, part of the local government apparatus of the city, with the responsibility for the neighborhoods of Midtown, Times Square, most of the Theater District, the Diamond District, the Garment District, Herald Square, Koreatown, NoMad, Murray Hill and the Flatiron District, all in the borough of Manhattan.
Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) is a process mandated by the 1975 revision of the New York City Charter that is invoked when a proposed development will affect certain legal protections afforded to the existing area and/or its inhabitants.
The New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) is the department of the New York City government that enforces the city's building codes and zoning regulations, issues building permits, licenses, registers and disciplines certain construction trades, responds to structural emergencies and inspects over 1,000,000 new and existing buildings.
Early postcard picturing the Equitable Building Graph of the 1916 New York City zoning ordinance with an example elevation for an 80-foot street in a 2½-times height district. In 1916, New York City adopted the first zoning regulations to apply citywide as a reaction to construction of the Equitable Building (which still stands at 120 Broadway ...
The City Planning Commission was created under the 1936 New York City Charter. It started functioning in 1938 with seven members, all of whom were appointed by the Mayor [ 3 ] and was given responsibility for creating a master plan.
Thus, the 38-story [3] Equitable Building, constructed in New York in 1915, produced a huge shadow, said to "cast a noonday shadow four blocks long", [3] which effectively deprived neighboring properties of sunlight. It resulted in the 1916 Zoning Resolution, which gave New York City's skyscrapers their typical setbacks and soaring designs.
The Manhattan Community Board 7 is a New York City community board encompassing the neighborhoods of Manhattan Valley, Upper West Side, and Lincoln Square in the borough of Manhattan. Its oversight is the Westside section of Manhattan, running the length of Central Park from Central Park West to the Hudson River.