ABSTRACT
The physical development of the New York Region naturally did not halt pending completion of the Regional Plan. Quite the contrary, during most of the eight years between 1921 and 1929 in which the Plan was being prepared, economic prosperity stimulated both private and public capital development. Urbs and suburbs sprouted across the Region. New roads were called for to satisfy the newly affluent motoring minority. New parks were demanded as destinations for Sunday outings. But old development problems prevailed and intensified. The railroad situation around the port of New York was to most transportation experts irrational and chaotic. The subways were increas ingly crowded as the office industry created congested skyscraper districts in downtown and midtown Manhattan.
