Land Values in New York City

G. B. L. Arner

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1922, vol. 36, issue 4, 545-580

Abstract: Introductory. Method of study, 545. — I. Vacant land in the borough of Manhattan. Description of parcels. Gross and net increments and decrements, 548. — II. Washington Heights. Tract sold at auction in 1891. Gross and net increments. Early history of tract. Comparison with similar tract in the Bronx, 558. — III. Auction sales. Description of tracts. Losses to purchasers of Bronx lots, 562. — IV. New York City by boroughs. Method of establishing value in 1906 and 1921. Gross and net increments or decrements. Queens borough by wards. Separate tract in South Brooklyn. Increases in land values during nineteenth century. The tax rate and economic rent, 569. — Conclusions, 579.

Date: 1922
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