During the 1960s a large amount of housing was lost in Fitzrovia and the residential community felt under threat from new large-scale building.
It notes a "large-scale building up of Russian artillery."
There is evidence that it was first settled in the 1930s, but most large-scale official building occurred from the 1950s onwards.
Later Piątkowo, which came within the city boundaries in 1974, would be used for similar large-scale building.
Such large-scale buildings ensured downtown remained the city's economic center, at the cost of driving all remaining residential use out.
Its immediate neighborhood is dominated by similarly large-scale institutional buildings, mostly related to health care.
So far as large-scale buildings are concerned, the results are mixed at best.
Little is seen today of the city due to the large-scale building of residential areas in the 1970ies.
Mayor Bloomberg has recognized the financial folly of such large-scale building in an area that needs careful neighborhood development.
If such large-scale building was to be done, he said, the plans might as well be good ones.