Report of the Heights of Buildings Commission to the Committee on the Height, Size and Arrangement of Buildings of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of the city of New York (1913)
New York (N.Y.). Heights of Buildings Commission, Bassett, Edward M. (Edward Murray), 1863-1948, New York (N.Y.). Board of Estimate and Apportionment, Swan, Herbert S. (Herbert Siegfried), 1888-, Williams, Frank B. (Frank Backus), 1864-1954, Durst, Seymour B., 1913-, former owner. NNC · [New York, M.B. Brown Printing and Binding Co.] · leaf 58
ldings.The result would be that these restricted sections would be morequickly built up with buildings of similar type and use. Thisshould have the effect of improving living conditions, reducingthe cost of living and maintaining real estate values. Any growing city that fails to control building… … MAP VII—HEIGHTS OF RESIDENCE BUILDINGS IN BROOKLYN.Numerals denote height in stories. DISTRICTING 31 the building an inappropriate improvement for the particular loca-tion. The total social loss does not consist merely of the greatcost of building reconstruction or of the great decline in therental…
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