Planning and Zoning New York City: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

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This book addresses the challenge facing every American municipality, large or small: How can planning and zoning-the basic tools of municipal land-use control-balance growth and equity? Providing a unique seventy-five-year per-spective on the history and future of planning in New York City, the nation's foremost com-men-tators on planning, architecture, land-use law, and design assess the history of planning since the first (1916) zoning ordinance and explore alternative scenarios for future development. The authors provide a skillful blend of urban history, architectural review, economic analysis, and social commentary. Sponsored by the New York City Department of City Planning, the New York City Plan-ning Commission, and the New York Metro Chapter of the American Planning Association, this book is important reading for planners, architects, his-torians, devel-opers, and municipal officials everywhere concerned with reconciling economic growth and social equity through land-use planning. "About New York City [but] has much wider application. . . . [It is] as important for planning theorists and educators as for practitioners." APA Journal