I was in NYC over the weekend, and the level of development between downtown and midtown vs. the first 30 or so blocks of Manhattan struck me. In Downtown and Midtown, 40+ story towers are not uncommon, whereas anything over about 20 stories IS uncommon for Greenwich Village, Tribeca, and Soho (and other places Im possibly leaving out for lack of knowledge). Why is this?
2007-01-31 04:35:22 · 2 answers · asked by gnodab03 1 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ New York City
*I meant to say 1st through 30th street (appx), not the first 30 streets.
2007-01-31 04:36:11 · update #1
Downtown and midtown are primarily commercial. The buildings mostly are headquarters of major corporations and are built both to impress and to create a maximum of office space in a minimum of land. Greenwich Village, Soho, and Tribeca are mostly residential. The buildings are built to a more human scale.
2007-01-31 04:42:31 · answer #1 · answered by dmb 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
From what I understand...there are a lot of earthquake fault lines that go through Manhattan below 14th Street which is why that part of Manhattan isn't as built up with skyscrapers as above 14th Street.
2007-01-31 11:36:29 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋