It's not an accident that China and New York City, which have perhaps the greatest distance between their rich and poor, also lead the world in skyscraper construction.
by Alex Marshall
Governing.com | December 2013
Like tall, new, elegantly dressed kids in class, they poke their
shoulders and heads above their classmates, peering out over and into
Central Park. There is the just-completed One57, a 1,004-foot-tall
building where a duplex inside its shimmering, multicolored glass walls
costs $90 million. There’s the under-construction 432 Park, designed by
South American architect Rafael Viñoly, whose top floor at 1,398 feet
will be higher than that of the Empire State Building’s. And there’s the
planned 1,550-foot Nordstrom Tower, where the luxury department store
will take up the first eight floors and residences most of the rest.
It’s the latest trend in New York City: “super tall” residential
skyscrapers. A half dozen or so, maybe more, are going up, and they are
remaking the city’s skyline. Not many other American cities are joining
New York in this trend, but it’s a different story across the waters.
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