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Skyscrapers

3 World Trade Center, NYC’s 5th Tallest Building, Debuts After Delays

The September 11, 2001 terror attacks took nearly 3,000 lives in New York City.
By Madina Toure
Can technology free elevators from their up-down cages?

Reengineering Elevators Could Transform 21st-Century Cities

New technology could make it practical to build skyscrapers far taller than even today's highest – and change how people live, work and play in tall buildings.
By Antony Wood and Dario Trabucco
Today thousands of empty suburban malls dot the American landscape.

The Mall Isn’t Dead—It’s Just Changing

Cities are looking for ways to build compact, transit-oriented, lucrative developments.
By Stefan Al
Turns out high-rises aren't uniformly hated. At least, many of their neighbors don't mind.

The Air Up There: Smaller Residential Buildings Profit From the Skyscrapers Next Door

By Kim Velsey
Too late!

Too Late, Community Mobilizes to Save Central Park from Skyscraper Shadows

By Kim Velsey
The Empire State will be getting some competition from other observation decks.

Can New Skyscrapers Really Cut Into Iconic Towers’ Observation Deck Business?

By Kim Velsey
A tale of two skyscrapers?

Duck! Has Mayor Bloomberg Softened His Stance on Wind-Related Construction Mishaps?

By Kim Velsey
The bathtub in the unoccupied New York by Gehry penthouse. No water rippling in this store.

Skyscrapers May Shiver and Sway, but They’re Perfectly Safe (Just Stay Away From the Windows)

By Kim Velsey

Another Reason for the Midtown East Rezoning: Bragging Rights

By Matt Chaban

Even a Smaller Hudson Square Will Transform the Manhattan Skyline

By Matt Chaban
Dreams of our fathers: an early rendering from when Downtown Brooklyn was rezoned, less than a year ago.

Downtown Brooklyn Looking Up: At Least Eight New Skyscrapers on the Rise

By Matt Chaban
A good idea? (DCP)

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

By Matt Chaban
Going up. (original image:Dave Hogerty/Curbed, with additions by NYO)

Just How Insane is the 57th Street Skyline Going to Be?

By Matt Chaban
Manhattan 1906, in the throws of a boom.

Paul Goldberger and Skyscraper Economist Jason Barr Debate the Manhattan Skyline

By Matt Chaban
Midtown Skyline

Uncanny Valley: The Real Reason There Are No Skyscrapers in the Middle of Manhattan

By Matt Chaban
Burning down the house. (Getty)

Are Skyscrapers Bad Luck?

By Matt Chaban

They Want to Build WHAT In Washington Heights?

By Matt Chaban

The Biggest Architectural Spats

By Laura Kusisto

Report: Manhattan’s Office Vacancy Rate Lowest Since April `09

By Amanda Julius

Portzamparc and Barnett, Towering Over the Park

By Eliot Brown

Stringer Likes Vornado’s Hotel Penn Tower

By Eliot Brown

Carlos Slim in Contract for Fifth Avenue Building

By Dana Rubinstein

Two Towers Change Hands in Midtown

By Dana Rubinstein

SL Green Wins 600 Lex for $180 M.

By Dana Rubinstein
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