How Skyscrapers Can Save the City »

Besides making cities more affordable and architecturally interesting, tall buildings are greener than sprawl, and they foster social capital and creativity. Yet some urban planners and preservationists seem to have a misplaced fear of heights that yields damaging restrictions on how tall a building can be. From New York to Paris to Mumbai, there’s a powerful case for building up, not out.

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    Interesting read, whether you’re an architecture buff or not.
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    I come from a state where our largest building is only 12 stories tall, and that was almost impossible to get permits to...
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    I am pretty Glaeserian about height and density. Light, greenspace, and historic buildings are good, but their costs are...
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    Why is there even an article about this? Isn’t it the obvious solution?
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    Interesting… there certainly are more issues with tall buildings than meet the eye, but in the right places they can be...
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