I haven’t read Beyond Architecture: The New New York yet.1 I will. For the moment I wanted to record some notes.
References
Paul Goldberger, “The Limits of Urban Growth,” New York Times, November 14, 1982, https://www.nytimes.com/1982/11/14/magazine/the-limits-of-urban-growth.html.
But if there is anything that the city’s current building boom, one of the largest in its history, has proved, it is that there are limits to density
Fred Bernstein, “Glazing Over Manhattan: Too many glass buildings, and the city becomes just another shiny office park,” Architectural Record, May 9, 2013, https://www.fredbernstein.com/display.php?i=276.
John Massengale,”A Short Discussion of Residential Building Heights in New York City,” There Are Two Types of Architecture, March 23, 2023, https://blog.massengale.com/2023/03/23/nycresheight/.
John Massengale,”A Short Discussion of Residential Building Heights in New York City,” There Are Two Types of Architecture, March 23, 2023, https://blog.massengale.com/2023/03/23/qandq/.
Reviews:
Michael Kimmelman, “How Can We Save the Best Parts of Our Cities?,” Critics Notebook, New York Times, November 30, 2024, https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/arts/design/preservation-cities-new-york-intangible-heritage.html.
Benjamin Schneider, “New York City’s Historic Preservation Movement Is Having a Midlife Crisis,” CityLab Perspective, Bloomberg, December 19, 2024, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-19/nyc-historic-preservation-faces-crossroads-amid-new-housing-push.
