• Cities in the Sky

  • May 11 2024
  • Length: 43 mins
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Cities in the Sky

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  • Jason Barr is a professor of economics at Rutgers University Newark and one of the world's foremost experts on the economics of skyscrapers. His new book, out May 14, 2024, is Cities in the Sky: The Quest to Build the World’s Tallest Skyscrapers. In it, Barr takes a global view of why the quest to build up is as fierce as ever, and why skyscrapers remain so controversial. Join the Unfrozen interview with Barr, in which some record-breaking myths get busted.

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    Intro/Outro: “Altitude Blues,” by Ladytron

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    Discussed:

    Mythbusting the Home Insurance Building

    First Skyscrapers | Skyscraper Firsts Forum

    LeRoy Buffington’s skyscraper patent

    Mythbusting The Skyscraper Index

    The Line

    Jeddah Tower

    Joel Garreau’s Edge City

    Emaar’s real estate play at Burj Khalifa: Downtown Dubai

    Legends Tower, Oklahoma City

    Empire State Building

    China’s “build it” economy

    “Zero Gravity Living”

    Nashville and Oracle

    Detroit and Dan Gilbert

    Newark renaissance

    Center City District (Philadelphia) study: Downtowns Rebound

    Karen Seto (Yale)'s studies on tall building height canopies
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