Jason Barr
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Economist at Rutgers University-Newark. Fellow at NYU Marron Institute. Author of #BuildingtheSkyline, #Skynomics Blog and #CitiesintheSkyBook (Scribner Books). https://jasonmbarr.com
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Jason Barr
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· Aug 13
Building the Skyline Is Decay Contagious? Building Code Violations across New York City - Skynomics Blog
Jason M. Barr August 13, 2025 Say an apartment building begins to decay visibly, does it increase the likelihood that buildings around it will also decay? We know that tough economic conditions can im...
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Jason Barr
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· Jul 25
The Power Author: Robert Caro, Robert Moses, and the “Fall” of New York - Skynomics Blog
Jason M. Barr August 5, 2024 A few weeks ago, I was walking in Central Park on the Upper West Side. As I strolled past some benches near the Diana Ross Playground, I saw a young man, likely in his lat...
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Jason Barr
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· Jul 20
Why Has Gotham Been in a “Housing Emergency” for 80 Years? (Part I) - Skynomics Blog
Jason M. Barr January 22, 2025 If you google the definition of “emergency,” the search engine provides an answer from the Oxford Languages Dictionary: “a serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situa...
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City Nolan
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· Jun 30
Jason Barr
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· Jun 30
Harming Tenants: The Impact of the 2019 Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act on New York’s Affordable Housing - Skynomics Blog
Jason M. Barr June 30, 2025 What is the best way to keep housing affordable? Well, to the former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (2014-2021), the obvious answer was to restrict landlords’ ability t...
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Jason Barr
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· Jun 30
Harming Tenants: The Impact of the 2019 Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act on New York’s Affordable Housing - Skynomics Blog
Jason M. Barr June 30, 2025 What is the best way to keep housing affordable? Well, to the former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (2014-2021), the obvious answer was to restrict landlords’ ability t...
buildingtheskyline.org
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Jason Barr
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· May 5
Why Do We Build Cities in the Sky? - Skynomics Blog
Jason M. Barr May 7, 2024 On May 14, my book Cities in the Sky: The Quest to Build the World’s Tallest Building was released by Scribner Books. You can order a copy and sign up for my email list here....
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Jason Barr
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· Jun 3
The Secret Man Behind the World’s Most Visible Building — The Gotham Center for New York City History
The Secret Man Behind the World’s Most Visible Building By Jason M. Barr and Ann Berman And yet almost all the stories about the origins of this New York landmark [the Empire State Building], onli...
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Jason Barr
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· Jun 4
Busting Skyscraper Myths - Skynomics Blog
Jason M. Barr May 21, 2024 Note: On May 14, my book Cities in the Sky: The Quest for the World’s Tallest Skyscrapers was published by Scribner Books. This post summarizes some of the myths and misconc...
buildingtheskyline.org
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Jason Barr
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· Jun 4
Why Doesn’t New York Construct the World’s Tallest Building Anymore? - Building the Skyline
Jason M. Barr December 23, 2020 The Space Race At the end of the Roaring Twenties, New York City witnessed a three-way race for the world’s tallest building. First was the Bank of Manhattan Building, ...
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Jason Barr
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· Jun 15
Star Trek and the Economics of Hate - Building the Skyline
Jason M. Barr July 15, 2020 Captain Kirk: It exists on the hate of others. Mr. Spock: To put it simply. And it has acted as a catalyst, creating this situation in order to satisfy that need. --In “Day...
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Jason Barr
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· Jun 23
Solving the city's traffic nightmares
In April the state passed a law allowing congestion pricing in Manhattan. When implemented in 2020, drivers will be charged a fee to enter the island south of 60th Street. While the plan is reasonable...
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Jason Barr
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· Jun 15
Star Trek and the Economics of Hate - Building the Skyline
Jason M. Barr July 15, 2020 Captain Kirk: It exists on the hate of others. Mr. Spock: To put it simply. And it has acted as a catalyst, creating this situation in order to satisfy that need. --In “Day...
buildingtheskyline.org
Jason Barr
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· Jun 4
Busting Skyscraper Myths - Skynomics Blog
Jason M. Barr May 21, 2024 Note: On May 14, my book Cities in the Sky: The Quest for the World’s Tallest Skyscrapers was published by Scribner Books. This post summarizes some of the myths and misconc...
buildingtheskyline.org
Jason Barr
@jasonbarr.bsky.social
· Jun 4
Why Doesn’t New York Construct the World’s Tallest Building Anymore? - Building the Skyline
Jason M. Barr December 23, 2020 The Space Race At the end of the Roaring Twenties, New York City witnessed a three-way race for the world’s tallest building. First was the Bank of Manhattan Building, ...
buildingtheskyline.org
Jason Barr
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· Jun 4
Boon or Boondoggle? The Long Run Economics of the Empire State Building - Building the Skyline
Jason M. Barr and Gabriel Ahlfeldt August 17, 2020 The Bricks of Ego When most people look up at supertall skyscrapers, like the Burj Khalifa or the Shanghai Tower, they assume they have been construc...
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