Jason M. Barr September 10, 2024
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Skynomics Blog is about the economic causes and consequences of tall buildings around the world. The blog discusses what drives the construction and heights of skyscrapers, and how they impact cities and the people who work, live and play in them.
Jason M. Barr August 5, 2024
A few weeks ago, I was walking in Central Park on the Upper West Side. As I strolled past some benches near… Read More
Jason M. Barr July 15, 2024
Many cities around the world are facing housing affordability crises. In New York, for example, a majority of renters a… Read More
The Jenney Myth: How The Home Insurance Building Falsely Became The “First Skyscraper†(Part II)
Jason M. Barr July 1, 2024
Note: This blog post is based on the research discussed in my book Cities in the Sky: The Quest t… Read More
Jason M. Barr June 24, 2024
Note: This blog post is based on the research discussed in my book Cities in the Sky: The Quest… Read More
Jason M. Barr May 21, 2024
Note: On May 14, my book Cities in the Sky: The Quest for the World’s Tallest Skyscrapers was published by Scri… Read More
Jason M. Barr May 7, 2024
On May 14, my book Cities in the Sky: The Quest to Build the World’s Tallest Building will… Read More
Jason M. Barr March 18, 2024
[Note this post is a part of a series on the history of New York’s grid plan. The entire… Read More
Jason M. Barr February 27, 2024
[Note: Starting Monday, March 4, 2024, Gerard Koeppel and I will be co-teaching a six-week online course on t… Read More
Jason M. Barr February 21, 2024
[Note: Starting on Monday, March 4, 2024, Gerard Koeppel and I will be co-teaching a six-week online course o… Read More
Jason M. Barr February 13, 2024
[Note: Starting Monday, March 4, 2024, Gerard Koeppel and I will be co-teaching a six-week online course… Read More
Jason M. Barr January 29, 2024
[Coming May 14, 2024: Cities in the Sky: The Quest for the the World’s Tall… Read More
Jason M. Barr January 10, 2024
The billion-dollar question: What’s driving the housing affordability problem in large cities like New Y… Read More
Jason M. Barr December 14, 2023
The Birth of Economics
Roughly speaking, the century from 1870 to 1970 can be ca… Read More
Troy Tassier and Jason M. Barr November 27, 2023
Prominent in the list of dangerous and aggressive nuisances are the tenement houses of the city&he… Read More
Troy Tassier and Jason M. Barr November 6, 2023
Those sickened must be cured or die off, & being cheifly [sic] of the very scum of the city, th… Read More
Jason M. Barr August 14, 2023
Many cities around the world… Read More
Jason M. Barr July 24, 2023
Author’s Note: This blog post is the second in a series that brings to l… Read More
Jason M. Barr June 12, 2023
A few weeks ago, I received an email from an acquaintance with a link to an article about my re… Read More
Jason M. Barr and Remi Jedwab May 9, 2023
When we think of skyscrapers, we think… Read More
Jason M. Barr April 3, 2023
“More Rundown Buildings Now!”
That should be the new motto for expensive citi… Read More
Jason M. Barr February 28, 2023
Author’s Note: This blog post is the first in a series that brings t… Read More
Jason M. Barr January 17, 2023
Gotham has a housing affordability problem. Gotham has a transit problem. There’s a simple solution… Read More
Jason M. Barr December 27, 2022
Slouching Towards Utopia is a “grand narrative” of the “long 20th century” from 1870 to 2010… Read More
Jason M. Barr (@JasonBarrRU) November 29, 2022
The price of housing j… Read More
Cristina Scofield, Mary Beth Combs, and Jason M. Barr October 26, 2022
The post-Wo… Read More
Jason M. Barr September 13, 2022
New York is a resilient city. In 1975, it was left for dead when President Gerald Ford failed to help stave off its Fiscal Cri… Read More
Jason M. Barr August 31, 2022
New York City suffers from a housing affordability crisis.
The fundamental problem is that there are too few homes to keep up with the demand… Read More
Jason M. Barr August 8, 2022
Stefan Al is the author of Supertall: How the World’s Tallest Buildings Are Reshaping Our Cities and… Read More
Jason M. Barr June 13, 2022
New York’s resurgence in the 21st century has led to a housing affordability crisis. More than half of the city’s rente… Read More
Jason M. Barr April 18, 2022
Gotham is haunted by a gg-ghost!! The ghost of Robert Moses that is.
Whenever a lar… Read More
Jason M. Barr March 28, 2022
Today, metropolises like New York, Vancouver, and London, get a lot of flak for constructing ultra-luxury high-rise condos for inte… Read More
Jason M. Barr February 21, 2022
Surely, in the light of history, it is more intelligent to hope rather than to fear, to try rather than not to try… Read More
Jason M. Barr January 31, 2022
[Note this post is the fourth installment in on-going series on the history of the floor area rati… Read More
Jason M. Barr (@JasonBarrRU) December 13, 2021
Two facts in New York seem inviolable. Housing prices always rise, and wherever you look, a shiny, ne… Read More
Jason M. Barr (@JasonBarrRU) November 1, 2021
If you ask someone familiar with New York City real estate about the birth of modern zoning, they’ll point to 196… Read More
Jason M. Barr (@JasonBarrRU) and Sean Franklin September 27, 2021
The 1970s was New York’s darkest decade. The government nearly went bankrupt. A recessi… Read More
Jason M. Barr (@JasonBarrRU) August 9, 2021
Preface
Today, many cities worldwide regulate urban density by limiting the floor area ratio (FAR)—the amount of allowable… Read More
Jason M. Barr June 22, 2021
Today is primary day, and New Yorkers are heading to the polls. This year, the Big Apple is using ranked choi… Read More
Jason M. Barr May 26, 2021
Peace on Earth
In the 23rd century, humanity has finally found peace. The hatred and violence inflicted upo… Read More
Jason M. Barr (@JasonBarrRU) May 11, 2021
Author’s note: This post is Part I of a four-part series on the birth and growth of modern zoning, focusi… Read More
Jason M. Barr (@JasonBarrRU) April 19, 2021
Editor’s Note: In the Skynomics Blog, I frequently discuss the subject of housing aff… Read More
Jason M. Barr (@JasonBarrRU) April 5, 2021
Editor’s Note: In the Skynomics Blog, I frequently discuss the subject of housing affo… Read More
Jason M. Barr March 23, 2021
Erin go Tweet
On March 9, 2021, Professor Ronan Lyons, an economist at Trinity College Du… Read More
Jason M. Barr and Troy Tassier February 25, 2021
The Great Equalizer?
In March 2020, during the salad days of the CO… Read More
Jason M. Barr January 20, 2021
You’re So Vain?
On January 4, 2010, the Burj Khalifa officially opened its doors. At 828 meters (2,717 f… Read More
Jason M. Barr December 23, 2020
The Space Race
At the end of the Roaring Twenties, New York City witnessed a three-way race for the world’s tallest building. F… Read More
Jason M. Barr November 19, 2020
In the 21st century, Planet Earth has gone on a skyscraper building spree. Since 1995, for example, the number of skyscra… Read More
Jason M. Barr October 22, 2020
Pleasure or Pain?
One of the biggest complaints about new construction is that it is harmful to the quality of urban life. For e… Read More
Jason M. Barr September 16, 2020
Hong Kong on the Hudson?
When we think of New York City, we think of Manhattan and its supertall skyscr… Read More
