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??? NYC is full of skyscrapers. It may not have 'ultra high' buildings, but those exist for different reasons and the economics are different. SF has earthqua
by jariel 6y ago
??? NYC is full of skyscrapers.
It may not have 'ultra high' buildings, but those exist for different reasons and the economics are different.
SF has earthquakes and a shifty foundation which is material.
- dmurray 6y agoThe right explanation for New York might be that what the "already wealthy people who choose to live in New York the way it is" already expressed their preference, and it's for a city full of skyscrapers. The theory makes some sense if you have a wealthy city that's remained stubbornly low-rise (Paris?). But if you love NYC you probably like the skyscrapers, rather than viewing them as a necessary evil.
- mixmastamyk 6y agoEmpire State Building for example, was built in 1930 and finished a year or so later. NYC predates the nimby movement but not the industrial revolution.
- renewiltord 6y agoRight, my claim is that NYC will not get many more tall towers. It's settling down into a state where there will be few more.
- marc__1 6y agoI believe your hypothesis is not entirely correct. 9 of the 10 tallest buildings in NYC are to be completed between 2000 and 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_New_York_City https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_N... In Europe, if you exclude Russia from the top 20 tallest buildings, the UK (2), Germany (2) and Spain (2) have the tallest buildings, with the UK and Spain buildings built in the 2000s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_E...
- renewiltord 6y agoWelp! Thank you! Boy am I glad no one fleeced me on the bet, eh?
- jamiek88 6y agoYou have a refreshing way of accepting when you are wrong, it is a joy to witness on these here pipes.
- Animats 6y agoNew York City has built 50 new skyscrapers in the last 5 years.[1] Including 432 Park Avenue, taller than the Empire State Building. It's an apartment building. Modeled after a trash can. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_New_York_City https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_N...
- renewiltord 6y agoI like 432 Park Ave! It looks very cool, in my opinion, like a rendering error. The 50 new skyscrapers does directly falsify my idea, though. Let me quickly edit so I don't get taken for a ride on the bet.
- gumby 6y agoOnly a small part of nyc has skyscrapers.
- 082349872349872 6y agoIt may no longer be true, but it used to be that one could map the underlying geology via the bioturbation, observing the skyline: the part of Manhattan with skyscrapers was the part with near-surface bedrock.
- fnord77 6y ago> SF has earthquakes and a shifty foundation which is material. Maybe I am misunderstanding your post? Skyscrapers are possible in SF. The Salesforce tower is 1,070 feet tall. They did have to go down 300 feet to anchor to bedrock, though.