Nyc 2040

Jesse M. Keenan, Vishaan Chakrabarti

"This report examines the spatial and market implications of housing the next one million New Yorkers between now and the year 2040. The intent of this report is to examine and represent a series of feasible scenarios under which pre-selected areas ('Zones') of New York City ('NYC') can sustainably accomodate, through increased levels of density and intensity, a disproportionalte amount of the projected population growth and corresponding growth of the built environment. The core methodology for measuring this simulated growth is a combination of conventional geographic information system ('GIS') techniques and spatial, financial and experiential sensitivities at a variety of scales form the street to the district. The core intent of this report is to give policy makers and communities a more precise sense of the scale and orders of magnitudes facing the city's long-term housing...