With developable land all but gone in Manhattan, developers are now setting their sights on the open space many modernist housing towers reserved for basketball courts, plazas, and parks.
"Through much of the region's building boom of the past few years, the sites of the city's post-war residential developments, with their trademark brick and concrete towers adjacent to spacious courtyards and plazas, have been relatively devoid of major changes.
That could soon change: New plans by a Manhattan developer and a recent city initiative suggest that the generous open spaces below, around, and between the hundreds of such towers may become the next frontier for development in a city where a large swath of buildable land is an endangered species."
Thanks to Roy Strickland
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