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Jason M. Barr is an American economist and author at Rutgers University-Newark, whose work is in the field of "skynomics", the study of skyscrapers and skylines using modern economics methods.[1][2][3][4] He is the author of Building the Skyline: The Birth and Growth of Manhattan's Skyscrapers, which chronicled the history of the Manhattan skyline from an economic perspective.[5][6]

Biography

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Barr earned his B.S. from Cornell University in 1992, his M.F.A. in creative writing from Emerson College in 1995 and his Ph.D. in economics from Columbia University in 2002.[7]

Research

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Barr's work has addressed widely held myths or misconceptions about skyscrapers and cities.[8][9][10][11] For example, research performed by Barr and his colleagues showed that there was no evidence for the Skyscraper Curse, that the completion of the world's tallest building is a herald of an economic crisis.[12][13] Barr has also debunked the misconception that Manhattan's geological conditions have been the reason there are few skyscrapers between lower Manhattan and Midtown.[14][15][16][17][18] Rather, Barr's work demonstrates that Midtown's origin was due to the city's demographic evolution and the fact that Manhattan is a long, but narrow, island that concentrated economic activity to a much greater degree, as compared to other cities.[19][20]

Books

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  • Building the Skyline: The Birth and Growth of Manhattan's Skyscrapers. Oxford University Press, 2016. ISBN 978-0199344369
  • Economic Drivers: Skyscrapers in China. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, 2017. ISBN 978-0939493555.

References

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  1. ↑ Emily Badger, "How skyscrapers reveal the rise and fall American fortunes". The Washington Post, Wonkblog, Jan. 8, 2016
  2. ↑ Jason Barr. "Skyscraper height". Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 2012, 45(3), 723-753.
  3. ↑ Henry Grabar, "Which skyscraper is tallest? It's complicated". Salon.com, Nov. 11, 2013
  4. ↑ Jeff Giles, "It's Tough Being a Young Skyscraper", The New York Times, Sept. 9, 2019
  5. ↑ "The up and up". The Economist, Aug. 20, 2016.
  6. ↑ Jan Klerks. "Book Review: Explaining the Manhattan skyline by the numbers". Skyhigh.city. August 17, 2016
  7. ↑ Barr, Jason. "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  8. ↑ Alissa Walker. "5 myths about New York City skyscrapers, debunked". Curbed.com, October 6, 2016
  9. ↑ "A Guide to NYC's Skyline | Skyline Cruises". Skyline Princess Cruises. 2022-11-10. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  10. ↑ "A Tale Of Two Skylines: The Story Behind New York City's 'Gap'". TheTravel. 2023-02-17. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  11. ↑ Jason Barr and Gerard Koeppel. "The Manhattan Street Grid Plan: Misconceptions and Corrections", January 4, 2017
  12. ↑ Jason Barr, Bruce Mizrach and Kusum Mundra. "Skyscraper height and the business cycle: separating myth from reality". Applied Economics, 2015, 47(2), 148-160.
  13. ↑ "Towers of Babel: Is there such a thing as the skyscraper curse?" The Economist, March 28, 2015
  14. ↑ Matt Chaban. "Uncanny valley: the real reason there are no skyscrapers in the middle of Manhattan". The New York Observer, January 17, 2012
  15. ↑ Matt Chaban. "Paul Goldberger and skyscraper economist Jason Barr debate the Manhattan skyline." The New York Observer, January 25, 2012
  16. ↑ David W. Dunlap. "450 million years ago, Hell's Kitchen earned its name". The New York Times, February 2, 2015
  17. ↑ Jason Barr, Troy Tassier and Rossen Trendafilov. "Depth to bedrock and the formation of the Manhattan skyline, 1890–1915". Journal of Economic History, 2011, 71(4), 1060-1077.
  18. ↑ Chris Weller. "6 hidden reasons why New York City looks like it does". TechInsider, September 25, 2015.
  19. ↑ Richard Florida and Andrew Small. "The curious case of New York's two economic centers". Citylab.com, November 23, 2016.
  20. ↑ Jason Barr and Troy Tassier. "The dynamics of subcenter formation: Midtown Manhattan, 1861-1906". Journal of Regional Science, 2016, 56(5), 731–933.
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