Manhattanize

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Etymology

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From Manhattan +‎ -ize.

Verb

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Manhattanize (third-person singular simple present Manhattanizes, present participle Manhattanizing, simple past and past participle Manhattanized)

  1. (transitive) To construct many tall or densely situated buildings in (a city).
    • 1985 August 4, Robert Lindsey, “The Struggle to Keep Skylines in Line”, in New York Times[1]:
      San Francisco's Board of Supervisors last month approved a new zoning law designed to limit the height and size of office towers and to reduce by half the projected employment growth downtown over the next 15 years. ¶ Adoption of the plan came after more than a decade of complaints from San Franciscans that their city was being "Manhattanized."

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