It's the 100th Anniversary of Zoning Codes

New York City adopted the first zoning codes in the country in 1916.

NineShift has reported on the 21st century trend towards mixed housing zoning codes,
with retail stores, offices and apartments-condominiums all in one building. 

And we have predicted a huge building boom in the next decade, with mixed housing built around train and light rail stations.

One hundred years ago, zoning codes had a different - - 20th century industrial age - - purpose and outcome.

Here's a fascinating story in The New York Times about its 1916 zoning codes.

Clock in St. Paul train depot. Photo by train supporter Erin Tomlinson of River Falls, Wisconsin.