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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
  • Diagrams
    • Density Diagrams
    • Density Quiz
  • Cases
    • Overview Building Models
    • Individual Cases
      • 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
  • Districts
    • Overview
    • Chelsea
    • East Harlem
    • Interactive
  • Units
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    • Chelsea
    • East Harlem
    • New Strategies Units
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Quiz – Answers 2

Built Density

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The 15-story buildings of Stuyvesant Town cover 26% of the site and have a density of 302 people per acre. The same number live in Penn South’s towers of 20-21 stories, which cover only 20% of the site.
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