The Book
- My “top five” book recommendations about the New York City Skyline, July 2022
- “The Invisible Hand of Gotham: A Professor Explains How Economics Shaped the Skyline,” by Matt Grossman, Commercial Observer, September 4, 2018
- The Provocateur Podcast interview with Gah-Kai Leung, August 7, 2017
- 2017 Summer Recommended Reading, Architectural Record, May 1, 2017.
- EconTalk Postcast Interview with Russ Roberts, March 2017.
- “Will Manhattan land prices seesaw in the wrong direction?” by Konrad Putzier, TheRealDeal.com, March 1, 2017
- “How NYC Got Its Skyline: A Q&A With The Author Of ‘Building The Skyline’.” by Joshel Melgarejo, Gothamist.com, Nov., 26, 2016
- Book listed in “101 books about where and how we live: Recommended reading from urban experts and Curbed contributors.” Curbed.com, Nov. 17, 2016
- “Can building luxury condos fix the affordable housing crisis?” by Alissa Walker, Curbed.com, Oct. 12, 2016
- “5 myths about New York City skyscrapers, debunked,” by Alissa Walker, Curbed.com, Oct. 7, 2016
- Book talk at the Skyscraper Museum on C-Span3, July 19, 2016
- Article about me and the book in my hometown paper, the Rivertowns Enterprise, July 22, 2016
My Research
- “How Much Is Manhattan Worth?,” by Matt Grossman, CommercialObserver.com, March 14, 2018.
- “When it comes to tall buildings, there is such a thing as too tall,” by Murtaza Haider and Stephen Moranis, FinancialPost.com, February 1, 2018.
- “World’s Second-Tallest Building Opens With a Whimper After Delay,” by Gregory Turk, Bloomberg.com, December 11, 2017
- “Unlikely allies: How real estate got minority advocacy groups to lobby for its cause,” by Will Parker, Konrad Putzier and Rich Bockmann, The Real Deal, October 5, 2017
- Appearance on BBC’s “Who Do You Think your Are”? (UK), starting at minute 37:36, July 2017.
- “Skyscrapers Overtake Suburban Sprawl as Tech’s Towering Status Symbol,” by Henri Gendreau, Wired, April 14, 2017
- “How skyscrapers will transform working life,” by Emma Jacobs and Andrew Hill, Financial Times, February 5, 2017
- “The Curious Case of New York’s Two Economic Centers,” by Richard Florida and Andrew Small, CityLab.com, November 23, 2016
- “The Long View: Here’s where resi development would boom if NYC had no zoning,” by Konrad Putzier, The Real Deal, November 23, 2016
- “Since 9/11, New York City’s skyline has only grown taller,” by James M. O’Neill, Asbury Park Press, September 7, 2016
- “New Residential Towers Bring Big Changes To New York’s Skyline,” by Joel Rose, NPR, August 23, 2016
- “In één jaar 100 wolkenkrabbers, wat zegt dat over de economie?” by Saskia van Huijgevoort, www.rtlz.nl, August 32, 2016
- “NY, en busca del cielo,” by Francesc Peirón, magazine, July 31, 2016
- “The Life and Death of the World’s Tallest Building,” by William O’Connor, TheDailyBeast.com, April 30, 2016
- “New Skyscrapers Vie for West Coast’s ‘Tallest’ Title,” by Rick Anderson, LATimes.com, Feb. 4, 2016
- “How Skyscrapers Reveal the Rise and Fall of American Fortunes,” by Emily Badger, WashingtonPost.com, Jan. 8, 2016
- “What Does All the Land in Manhattan Cost?” by Matt Yglesias, Vox.com, January 6, 2016
- “Meet 421a’s Real Beneficiaries: Landowners,” by Konrad Putzier, TheRealDeal.com, Nov. 23, 2015
- “Towers of Babel: Is there such a Thing as a Skyscraper Curse? The Economist, March 28, 2015