Manhattanize

English

Etymology

From Manhattan +‎ -ize.

Verb

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."

Derived terms

• Manhattanization