New York's 1.67 Million Buildings Colored by Age

The craze for ;building age maps seems to have faded in recent years, which is a shame because I think they can reveal a surprising amount about how a city has grown and changed over time. When you map the age of every building, patterns of development, expansion and redevelopment can suddenly become much easier to see in a way that is hard to grasp from standard historical records.New York in 1.67 Million Buildings is bucking the trend and is also a particularly impressive example of a building age map. The map colours New York's buildings according to the decade in which they were constructed, creating an extraordinary colorful patchwork of the city's architectural history. Zoom in and you can explore individual buildings; zoom out and whole neighbourhoods emerge as distinct bands of development.The map also includes a timeline which allows you to watch New York grow over time. Pan through the years and buildings appear as they were constructed, providing a fascinating visual record…