New and Old #119
Friday roundup and commentary
American Cities Have a Conversion Problem, and It’s Not Just Offices, New York Times, Emily Badger, July 1, 2023
But 175 Water Street has a hitch: Offices in the financial district are spared some zoning rules that make conversion hard — so long as they were built before 1977. And this one was built six years too late, in 1983.
“There’s nothing about that…
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