It does, why does it have a particular shape, why do we see one large cluster of skyscrapers downtown and another one several miles to he north in midtown. Theres relatively few skyscrapers even to this day in the area in between. So building the skyline, just very briefly, is a book about my research and im an economist at rutgers newark. Over last decade or so, my interests have primarily been in studying the economys of cities, the economics of real estate and skyscrapers. And much of this book discusses my findings from this Research Agenda over the last decade. So the book is an economic history of the manhattan skyline and from 1626 to the present, perhaps youre wondering what 1626 has to do with the modern skyline. Ill leave that for you to read in the book. The questions that i seek to answer in the book itself are, what were the early real estate decisions that ultimately gave rise to the skyline . What have been the economic of skyscrapers since the late 19th century, and how
Carroll very much and the Skyscraper Museum for the ini have tage to talk. Grateful for the opportunity to discuss my research and the book itself. Im going to give one slide on the book itself. Very quick overview. Just talk about some of the main topics and the key themes. One thing. Could you keep me on time . Perfect. The majority of the time well focus on one specific question, which is, why does the manhattan skyline look the way it does, why does it have a particular shape, why do we see one large cluster of skyscrapers downtown and another one several miles to the north in midtown. Theres relatively few skyscrapers even to this day in the area in between. So building the skyline, just very briefly, is a book about my research and im an economist at rutgers newark. Over last decade or so, my interests have primarily been in studying the economys of cities, the economics of real estate and skyscrapers. And much of this book discusses my findings from this Research Agenda over the
The winterck weather. The latest information tomorrow on good morning washington, starting at 4 30 in the morning. Nearly a dozen people are recovering after a Carbon Monoxide leak. It happened this afternoon at the westin hotel. Called afterwere an employee became sick. People,cs took nine eight of them employees and a guest, to the hospital. Emergency crews evacuated the sevenstory hotel, which remains closed tonight. Just about 2. 5 miles from that scene, frightening moments for passengers boarding an American Airlines plane. Somehow, a piece of ground equipment slammed into their aircraft grade tom roussey is live at the airport with that incident. We have learned the federal Aviation Administration is investigating this is our instant incident. Check out the pictures that were taken by a man who was about to get on another plane. A vehicle called a push back tractor, they use them to push back the plane from the terminal , ran into the nose of the plane and you can see the damage