One part of today’s NY Times story on the housing boom that is reaching the farthest corners of the five boroughs is how it is changing the landscape of many neighborhoods–often for the worse. While building bonanza has done a lot to improve the housing stock in areas that developers would not have touched a decade ago, the changing of zoning regulations and the squeezing out of every last drop of FAR has also resulted in buildings that look completely out of context, like the one in the photo above.
Housing Boom Echoes [NY Times]