Richard Florida Warns of Super-Tall Buildings—So Should We Be Scared of the Midtown East Rezoning?

In its final grand zoning gesture, the Bloomberg administration is racing to rezone Midtown East, paving the way for what

In its final grand zoning gesture, the Bloomberg administration is racing to rezone Midtown East, paving the way for what could be a wave of huge, skyline defining towers. But in an essay in this weekend’s Wall Street Journal, Richard Florida seems to warn that that could be the wrong approach for New York, as it has been the case in other hyper-dense cities.
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Richard Florida Warns of Super-Tall Buildings—So Should We Be Scared of the Midtown East Rezoning?