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Zoning was definitely a thing since time immemorial (and 5000 years before that). Zoning was enforced by the Count or Lord or Guildhall, and you can bet your bo
by MagnumOpus 2y ago
Zoning was definitely a thing since time immemorial (and 5000 years before that). Zoning was enforced by the Count or Lord or Guildhall, and you can bet your bottom dollar that nobody was allowed to run a tannery right next to the ducal palace or Market Square.
Zoning laws are a more recent invention, and zoning laws combined with financial leverage and green belts/density limits for maximum real estate price pain only cropped up as an innovation in the 20th century.
- voisin 2y agoOk, I agree with everything you’ve written, but my point was that New York didn’t develop under the zoning laws that we have had since the 1950s municipal central planning paradigm.