纽约：修订间差异

{{link-en|1916年都市規劃方案|1916 Zoning Resolution}}規定高樓必須採用[[街影|後縮]]式設計，且塔樓面積須為該地块的一定百分比，如此可使陽光照射至街道<ref>{{Cite journal |title=The Metropolitan Dimension of Early Zoning: Revisiting the 1916 New York City Ordinance |author=Fischler, Raphael |journal=Journal of the American Planning Association |year=1998 |volume=64(2)}}</ref>。两幢纽约的[[装饰风艺术|装饰风]]建筑——[[克莱斯勒大厦]]（1930年建成）和[[帝国大厦]]（1931年建成）及其顶端和不锈钢材质的尖塔便是此规划方案的结果。这两幢建筑各有十分独特的装饰风格（例如克莱斯勒大厦61楼角落的鹰饰），也被认为是装饰风的最佳代表<ref>{{Cite web |title=Favorites! 100 Experts Pick Their top 10 New York Towers |url=http://www.skyscraper.org/EXHIBITIONS/FAVORITES/fav_exhibits.htm# |accessdate=2008-09-01 |date=2006-01-22 |publisher=The Skyscraper Museum |archive-date=2012-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027144019/http://www.skyscraper.org/EXHIBITIONS/FAVORITES/fav_exhibits.htm |dead-url=no }}</ref>。

 

 

纽约住宅区的建筑特色多为雅致的褐石[[排屋]]、联排别墅和老旧的公寓楼，这些建筑约在1870年至1930年间大批建造<ref>{{Cite book |title=History of Housing in New York City: Dwelling Type and Change in the American Metropolis |last=Plunz, Richard A. |publisher=Columbia University Press |year=1990 |isbn=0-231-06297-4 |chapter=Chapters 3 [Rich and Poor] & 4 [Beyond the Tenement]}}</ref>。相比较之下，纽约还有其他人口不那么密集的区域，在这些区域内有较多独立式的建筑，风格多样，如{{Link-en|都铎复兴式建筑|Tudor Revival architecture|都铎复兴式}}和[[维多利亚式建筑|维多利亚式]]<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/01/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-living-riverdale-bronx-community-jealous-its-open-space.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |title=If You're Thinking of Living In/Riverdale, the Bronx; A Community Jealous of Its Open Space |date=1998-03-01 |work=The New York Times |accessdate=2012-02-10 |archive-date=2021-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417164641/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/01/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-living-riverdale-bronx-community-jealous-its-open-space.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=New York Metro: 6 Affordable Neighborhoods |url=http://nymag.com/realestate/articles/affordable/ditmaspark.htm |accessdate=2012-02-10 |date=2001-09-17 |publisher=Nymag.com |archive-date=2018-06-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630214349/http://nymag.com/realestate/articles/affordable/ditmaspark.htm |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/08/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-living-douglaston-queens-timeless-city-area-with-country-feel.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |title=If You're Thinking of Living In/Douglaston, Queens; Timeless City Area, With a Country Feel |date=2004-02-08 |work=The New York Times |accessdate=2012-02-10 |archive-date=2021-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417164652/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/08/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-living-douglaston-queens-timeless-city-area-with-country-feel.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |dead-url=no }}</ref>。