tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4954922478840563562.post1789648436928555040..comments2024-03-24T15:46:43.171-04:00Comments on Chinese American Eyes: Yen Liang’s The SkyscraperAlex Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15961079895014060773noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4954922478840563562.post-67657062265440999982019-02-19T09:11:40.326-05:002019-02-19T09:11:40.326-05:00I just came across a copy of this book. It is ama...I just came across a copy of this book. It is amazing how ideas about cities evolve! Compare this with Jane Jacobs, with the pencil buildings now going up in New York, with concerns about urban community, with the failure of high-rise public housing in many parts of the US.<br /><br />Not to say he was wrong! Just that ideas and visions can be so different on the same issues. He never mentions, for example, where everyone moved when everything in the city was bulldozed! joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06678424838612356560noreply@blogger.com