Final report : June 2, 1916
A municipal planning report issued in 1916 by New York City's Commission on Building Districts and Restrictions for the Board of Estimate, arguing the case for the city's first zoning resolution. Halftone street photographs show tenement blocks, fire escapes, loft buildings, pushcarts and cobbled roadways, supplying period urban textures, signage and building elevations for collage or reference.














































































































































































































