Urbanism

Eva Christina Delius Writing Assignment 3

Visit the Exhibition Mastering the Metropolis - New York and Zonining 1916 - 2016 on the 3rd Floor of the Museum of the City of New York. It is located at: 1220 5th Ave & 103rd St. For more information,

please refer to: http://www.mcny.org/

Answer the following questions:

1. Who was Mr. Bassett?

2. Mr. Swan, a member of the Zoning Commission said, "The whole purpose of zoning is..." - what?

3. Find the drawing by Le Corbusier. What does it show?

4. How many pages did the 1916 Zoning Resolution have? How about the 2016 version?

5. What is Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning? Why is it controversial?

6. What is a ‘Supertall'? What effect can a Supertall have on Central Park?

7. What does FAR stand for? How is FAR calculated?

8. What film is shown as part of the Zoning exhibition?

9. What is a zoning bonus? What does it allow a developer to do?

10. Check out the website www.gothamzoning.org. Find out the zoning for your block.

What does the signature (i.e. R-5) mean?