Manhattanize

English Manhattanization Etymology From en Manhattan -ize. Verb en transitive To construct many tall or densely situated buildings in (a city). en New York Times The Struggle to Keep Skylines in Line Robert Lindsey August 4 1985 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." https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/04/weekinreview/the-struggle-to-keep-skylines-in-line.html https://web.archive.org/web/20260103215333/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/04/weekinreview/the-struggle-to-keep-skylines-in-line.html 3 January 2026 Derived terms en Manhattanization