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They are the elite among the front-line troops of Japan's export drive. For Japanese, New York is a prize foreign assignment because it is the corporate capital of the U.S. Besides, the skyscrapers, neon lights, choking traffic and pollution make it seem almost like home. "Tokyo cannot...
He put big bond issue referendums on the ballot to raise funds for public works projects. The banks were delighted at the prospect of bidding on the profitable bonds. He announced that high-rise apartments were the administration's official answer to the suburban exodus, and that the lake front...
The U.S. has come a long way since Ben Franklin preached thrift and New Englanders saved everything from string to scraps of cloth for patchwork quilts. In frugal foreign eyes, 20th century Americans are stupendous wasters: a people so rich that they think no more of tearing down 30-year...
Indirect Costs. Another argument met the developers head on. Do skyscrapers really benefit a city? No one denies that big buildings provide big tax revenues. Even so, recent studies show that as a city grows denser, the per capita costs of all municipal services, including administration, soar. In addition, Manufacturer...
Whether these economic arguments are right or wrong, they seem to be raised effectively only when a particular tower offends the aesthetic sensibilities of a large number of citizens. New skyscrapers will continue to sprout in San Francisco; right now, the city has 23 more projected towers on the drawing...