<p><a href="https://www.citiesintheskybook.com/meet-author-jason-barr" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jason Barr</a> is a professor of economics at Rutgers University Newark and one of the world's foremost experts on the economics of skyscrapers. His new book, out May 14, 2024, is <a href="https://www.citiesintheskybook.com/the-book" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cities in the Sky: The Quest to Build the World’s Tallest Skyscrapers</a>. In it, Barr takes a global view of why the quest to build up is as fierce as ever, and why skyscrapers remain so controversial. Join the Unfrozen interview with Barr, in which some record-breaking myths get busted.</p><p>--</p><p>Intro/Outro: “Altitude Blues,” by Ladytron</p><p>--</p><p>Discussed:</p><p>Mythbusting the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Insurance_Building" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Home Insurance Building</a></p><p><a href="https://2019.ctbuh.org/program/symposium/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">First Skyscrapers | Skyscraper Firsts Forum</a></p><p>LeRoy Buffington’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeRoy_Buffington" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">skyscraper patent</a></p><p>Mythbusting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyscraper_Index" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Skyscraper Index</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Line,_Saudi_Arabia" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Line</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeddah_Tower" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jeddah Tower</a></p><p>Joel Garreau’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_city" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Edge City</a></p><p>Emaar’s real estate play at Burj Khalifa: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Dubai" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Downtown Dubai</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legends_Tower" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Legends Tower</a>, Oklahoma City</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_State_Building" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Empire State Building</a></p><p>China’s “build it” economy</p><p>“<a href="https://www.neom.com/en-us/regions/theline" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Zero Gravity Living</a>”</p><p>Nashville and Oracle</p><p>Detroit and Dan Gilbert</p><p>Newark renaissance</p><p>Center City District (Philadelphia) study: <a href="https://centercityphila.org/pressroom/pr-downtowns-rebound-the-data-driven-path-to-recovery" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">DowntownsRebound</a></p><p><a href="https://environment.yale.edu/directory/faculty/karen-seto" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Karen Seto</a>(Yale)'s studies on tall building height canopies</p>