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6 Q’s About the News | How Mayor Bloomberg Reshaped New York Cit

Turkey Architecture News - Aug 20, 2013 - 22:55   5950 views

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The interactive feature “Reshaping New York” provides a tour of the ways New York City’s physical landscape has changed in the last 12 years.

WHO is Michael R. Bloomberg?
WHEN did Mr. Bloomberg become mayor of New York City?

HOW many new buildings has New York added since Mr. Bloomberg took office? 
Look at the 2002 and 2013 photographs of downtown Manhattan. WHATchanges do you notice?

WHAT is zoning, and WHY do you think city zoning regulations are important?
HOW has rezoning changed New York City in the past 12 years?

HOW did Mr. Bloomberg change the city’s streets?

Look at the 2005 and 2013 photographs of Times Square. WHAT changes do you notice?

WHAT are two neighborhoods that experienced dramatic transformations during Mr. Bloomberg’s tenure as mayor?

HOW has New York City’s waterfront changed in the last 12 years?

> via NYT

> map link 'Reshaping New York'