The Times calls the phenomenon a “struggle for light and air.” And indeed, while New York City architecture is lauded for both its design and innovation, the decades-long race to build bigger and taller has taken a toll on the cityscape, particularly in the form of shadows. While any recent criticism of the effect has been directed towards the tall towers rising along Billionaire’s Row, as The Upshot’s interactive map reveals, New Yorkers on the whole spend most of their time cutting through long stretches of shadow. The map documents thousands of buildings across the five boroughs, denoting age, height and the resulting shadows cast at ground level […]
Interactive map reveals the shadows cast by every New York City building : 6sqft
