Here are a couple of graphics that might be interesting for those of you who have not seen them before.In 1961, New York City commenced a new urban plan that included massive downzoning. To give a sense of how much urban growth has been stunted compared to previous trends, before the downzoning, Manhattan had 7 Congressional districts. Today it has 2.5.Here is a graphic showing the population potential for the city. At the time, there was zoned capacity in New York City for 55 million residents ...