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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Thu Feb 3 17:50:04 2011, in response to Re: 76st what happened?, posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Feb 3 16:17:22 2011. Yes, this is all true, but again, one of the reasons the setbacks are further back at Pitkin and 76th St is the same reason homes are set back further in other locations where the buildings were built after the setback laws changed.For example, you were once able to build way up near the property line, that's not true and more. And on corners, you have two sides where there are street set backs in place. In any event, this is what I mean....you can see it better in neighborhoods that were built in the early 1900's, fell apart and rebuilt. Notice how in these three photos (from Bushwick), some of the old buildings survive, but in the 70's and 80's, old buildings were burned and torn down, and in the early 2000's, rebuilt with new buildings. The new buildings are not set back farther because they wanted them too, but because zoning now requires further back setbacks than they used to have. At 76th St, the buildings are newer too (60's, and that was probably after the set backs were already changed)   
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