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Density

From Tenements to Towers

  • Intro
    • Housing Density
    • Tenements and Towers
  • History
    • 1900s – Tenement Crowding
    • 1920s – Density and Decentralization
    • 1930s – High-Rise, High Density
    • 1934 – Density Reduction
    • 1935-40s – NYCHA’s Production
    • 1940s – Large Scale, Open Space
    • 1950s – Middle-Market Design
    • 1960s – Slum Clearance
    • 1950s-70s – Towers in the Park
    • 1970s – Minimal Density
    • History of Crowding
      • History of Crowding Overview
      • Immigration and Overcrowding
      • The Evils of High Lot Coverage
      • Abandonment and Decay
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    • Density Diagrams
    • Density Quiz
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      • High-Rise, High Density
      • NYCHA, Density Reduction
      • Queensbridge and Stuyvesant Town
      • Slum Clearance and Title I
      • Manhattan House
      • Penn South
      • Towers in the Park
      • Critics
      • Housing Reforms Zoning
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Quiz – Answers 4

Built Density

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Silver Towers in Greenwich Village and Schomburg Towers in Harlem, both middle-income, Mitchell-Lama projects, rise to 30 and 35 stories, respectively. Because of the disparity in lot coverage, Schomberg Towers houses almost nine times more people, 677 per acre.
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