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Originally Posted by Imaus
I disagree with the idea that Manhattan can't grow. Huge swathes are still three-to-six story townhouses which can be razed down for ten-story apartments. East Village, Chelsea, Hells Kitchen, even Midtown-by-the-Hudson above Hudson Yards.
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These aren't "townhouses", they're tenements, but yes, these areas could be massively redeveloped. But they probably won't. They were specifically landmarked, downzoned or special districted to prevent highrise development.
There is zero political will to replace E. Village tenements with towers. There has been some modest upzoning (Ave. D allows 12-floor buildings, for example), but you can forget about 50-floor towers lining Tompkins Square Park.
And I'm not even sure if this is a bad thing. These neighborhoods are already extremely dense and are some of the best urban environments in the Americas. I would rather build giant towers, on, say, the LIC railyards, the railyards south of Greenwood Cemetery, in the North Bronx and the like.
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Originally Posted by Imaus
The entire north side of Central Park as well may be the next shot for mid-rises and high-rises: there's even a nice little single story supermarket at 115th that could be replaced with little to no fuss IMO.
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This is already happening. There are a number of 15-30 floor towers in development along CP North.
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Originally Posted by Imaus
There are *golf courses* in this city that may very well be offered up for the plate by the mid-century.
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The few golf courses are on municipal parkland, surrounded by quiet residential, and on the city's fringes. You cannot just take city parkland without state legislative approval. Good luck with that.