Great post! It’s awesome to see the trends over time and I appreciated how you described the historical context for those periods. The roaring 20s must have been a fascinating time in this city.
It’s a bit sad to see how few units are being built today compared to the boom periods in the past.
I wonder how much of that construction during the boom periods was densification of existing areas versus greenfield development of previously rural areas. There are amazing photos of the elevated lines in Queens surrounded by empty fields, from back when they were first constructed.
Thank you for writing this! It’s fascinating how much of NYC (in particular, Manhattan) culture dates to the 20s and 30s: speakeasies, the Empire State Building, and Broadway as we know it were all born around then. Makes sense construction peaked at this time too.
Great post! It’s awesome to see the trends over time and I appreciated how you described the historical context for those periods. The roaring 20s must have been a fascinating time in this city.
It’s a bit sad to see how few units are being built today compared to the boom periods in the past.
I wonder how much of that construction during the boom periods was densification of existing areas versus greenfield development of previously rural areas. There are amazing photos of the elevated lines in Queens surrounded by empty fields, from back when they were first constructed.
Thank you for writing this! It’s fascinating how much of NYC (in particular, Manhattan) culture dates to the 20s and 30s: speakeasies, the Empire State Building, and Broadway as we know it were all born around then. Makes sense construction peaked at this time too.