https://www.businessinsider.com/billionaires-row-nyc-suptertall-towers-critique-eric-nash-book-2023-5#-15
Interesting opinion piece with a good summary of the recent supertalls in NYC.
New York City is home to 17 supertall towers measuring over 984 feet, the most of any metropolis.
Writer Eric P. Nash claims the towers alter the skyline but add little to the city's character.
Instead, he said, these towers are an ugly reflection of billionaires' social and political power.
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In time, Nash argues, supertalls will be seen like the Chrysler Building — as living chapters of the city's history. This chapter, however, will be about the social and political power of billionaires in the 21st century.