For Researchers

Table of Contents with links to data sets used in Building the Skyline

PART I: BEFORE THE SKYSCRAPER REVOLUTION

1. Manhattan’s Natural History [Bedrock Depth by Block]

2. Mannahatta to Manhattan: Settlement to Grid Plan [Historical Land Values]

3. Land Use before the Civil War [Directory Data 1827_1849]

4. The Tenements and the Skyline [Lower East Side Tenement Rents Data 1900] Shapefiles of Manhattan: Manhattan_Blocks_1900; Manhattan_Parks_1900; Manhattan_Sanitation Districts_1890

PART II: THE RISE OF THE SKYLINE

5. The Economics of Skyscraper Height [no data sets at this time]

6. Measuring the Skyline [Skyscraper Times Series Data sets]

7. The Bedrock Myth [Skyscrapers and Depth to Bedrock Data]

8. The Birth of Midtown [no data sets at this time]

9. Edifice Complex? The Cause of the 1920s Building Boom [no data sets at this time]

10. What’s Manhattan Worth? 150 Years of Land Values

Epilogue: Resilient Skyline?