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Originally Posted by iheartthed
I believe the lots in lower Manhattan are largely the same today as they were several centuries ago. Lower Manhattan's road network was created by the native Americans and early Dutch settlers (hence why it's so confusing). There are likely many examples of lots being combined to build large buildings, but there probably wasn't much subdividing done to create smaller lots.
The rest of Manhattan was developed by acquiring farmland, so it was easier to master plan. And none of that has really changed, either.
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Except near every single log and stone building from the 1600's was replaced by brick and then replaced by concrete, glass and steel, ....multiple times.