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This month in real estate history: Famed architecture critic bemoans gentrification … & more

Broadway streetscape during the 1920s
Broadway streetscape during the 1920s

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From the December issue: George McAneny, a municipal reformer, civil servant and then-president of the Municipal Art Society, predicted 88 years ago this month that New York City would adopt a plan to supervise private building designs in the service of architectural beauty. Architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable wrote about her housing struggles in a column published in the New York Times 47 years ago this month. Developers were beginning to seek input from real estate brokers during the early stages of residential development projects, which was a new trend in the industry, the New York Times reported 20 years ago this month. [more]

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