The book “Reconstructing Times Square” by Alexander J. Reichl teaches us many lessons about urban development that all cities should take into account. One lesson that can be learned from New York is that it had the willingness to change even in hard times. One time like this was in the early 1990s when many offices were vacant, but there was incredible development of the Business Improvement District that debuted in 1992. The orchestrators of this incredible feet were actually the businesses themselves, they were the ones who funded the development of this new district. They were able to do this even though there was a commonality in the culture in that most people were against large offices. This changed in the early 1990s and left an opening for these businesses to develop this area that can house many businesses in one of the most populated cities in the country.
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