- Harvard economist Ed Glaeser has a fantastic read on skyscrapers. Interesting points on Mumbai and Paris. Glaeser's new book Triumph of the City was released today.
- Meet the latest addition to the blogroll: Market Urbanism.
- Ayn Rand's love affair with New York City and it's skyline. Quote from The Fountainhead: "The sky over New York and the will of man made visible. What other religion do we need?"
- The New York Times profiles the latest member of that skyline.
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Thanks for the link! That Ayn Rand article was also pretty interesting. I've never read any Rand, but that kind of makes me want to. I wonder what she would have made of the modern-day "war on drivers" trope that libertarians buy into.
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