Are New York’s Skyscrapers Outdated?

Travel Blog  •  Julia Ross  •  06.11.08 | 10:32 AM ET

burjdubaiPhoto by matt semel via Flickr (Creative Commons).

That’s the argument this Der Spiegel piece makes, pondering the architectural clash of civilizations between East and West. I, for one, can live without a Burj Dubai in the middle of Manhattan.

Tags: Architecture, Travel 2.0, North America, United States, New York, News and Briefs

Julia Ross is a Washington, DC-based writer and frequent contributor to World Hum. She has lived in China and Taiwan, where she was a Fulbright scholar and Mandarin student. Her writing has appeared in the Washington Post, Time, Christian Science Monitor, Plenty and other publications. Her essay, Six Degrees of Vietnam, was shortlisted for "The Best American Travel Writing 2009."


2 Comments for Are New York’s Skyscrapers Outdated?

Arjun Basu 06.11.08 | 1:49 PM ET

This is interesting. For the last few years, I’ve noticed that new skyscrapers, even in Manhattan, don’t remind me of New York anymore. They remind me (then) Hong Kong or (now) Dubai. I mean, look at the Hearst Building and tell me it “looks”  Manhattan. It doesn’t. It looks Hong Kong.

Julia 06.11.08 | 2:12 PM ET

Interesting comment, Arjun. I haven’t been to New York in a while. I’ll have to reassess next time I’m up there.

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