Jason Barr
@jasonbarr.bsky.social
Economist at Rutgers University-Newark. Fellow at NYU Marron Institute. Author of #BuildingtheSkyline, #Skynomics Blog and #CitiesintheSkyBook (Scribner Books). https://jasonmbarr.com
Since the mid-1980s historians have known that the Home Insurance Building in Chicago was not the first skyscraper. Yet the public didn't get the message. Why is there such a big disconnect? The answer is revealed my latest pub. in the J. of Urban History. doi.org/10.1177/0096...
@sasn.rutgers.edu
@sasn.rutgers.edu
November 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Since the mid-1980s historians have known that the Home Insurance Building in Chicago was not the first skyscraper. Yet the public didn't get the message. Why is there such a big disconnect? The answer is revealed my latest pub. in the J. of Urban History. doi.org/10.1177/0096...
@sasn.rutgers.edu
@sasn.rutgers.edu
I took this pic of two catbirds squawking at each other. Seems like it would be good for a meme. What you got?
June 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I took this pic of two catbirds squawking at each other. Seems like it would be good for a meme. What you got?
Small joys of summer. #Hummingbird at the feeder.
June 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Small joys of summer. #Hummingbird at the feeder.
I'm happy to report that the goodreads score for my book #CitiesintheSkyBook is better than some of the most important books ever written.😂
June 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I'm happy to report that the goodreads score for my book #CitiesintheSkyBook is better than some of the most important books ever written.😂
Interested in the history of the #EmpireStateBuilding?
Here's a list of some of my writings and talks on the topic, which aims to bring to light new information and busts myths....
Here's a list of some of my writings and talks on the topic, which aims to bring to light new information and busts myths....
June 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Interested in the history of the #EmpireStateBuilding?
Here's a list of some of my writings and talks on the topic, which aims to bring to light new information and busts myths....
Here's a list of some of my writings and talks on the topic, which aims to bring to light new information and busts myths....
My #Skynomics Blog post on the #economics of #skyscrapers (from 6/23)
buildingtheskyline.org/long-live-th...
buildingtheskyline.org/long-live-th...
April 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
My #Skynomics Blog post on the #economics of #skyscrapers (from 6/23)
buildingtheskyline.org/long-live-th...
buildingtheskyline.org/long-live-th...
Report on #NYC housing. Guess the decade? @ronanlyons.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Report on #NYC housing. Guess the decade? @ronanlyons.bsky.social
Currently, 33% of #NYC land (exclusive of parks, cemeteries & airports) is used for one- and two-family homes. (It goes up to 42% with 1- & 2- fam. + vacant land). Such use of land, esp. near subways, is what makes housing so scarce and unaffordable.
March 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Currently, 33% of #NYC land (exclusive of parks, cemeteries & airports) is used for one- and two-family homes. (It goes up to 42% with 1- & 2- fam. + vacant land). Such use of land, esp. near subways, is what makes housing so scarce and unaffordable.
Why has #Gotham been in a “Housing Emergency” for 80 years? The short answer: Lack of building new #housing. More housing increases vacancy rates, which lowers costs and will get #NYC out of its housing crisis.
Check out my blog post: buildingtheskyline.org/nyc-housing-...
Check out my blog post: buildingtheskyline.org/nyc-housing-...
March 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Why has #Gotham been in a “Housing Emergency” for 80 years? The short answer: Lack of building new #housing. More housing increases vacancy rates, which lowers costs and will get #NYC out of its housing crisis.
Check out my blog post: buildingtheskyline.org/nyc-housing-...
Check out my blog post: buildingtheskyline.org/nyc-housing-...
Glad to see that my #CitiesintheSkyBook has a higher goodreads score than a few of world's most important books. 🤣
February 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Glad to see that my #CitiesintheSkyBook has a higher goodreads score than a few of world's most important books. 🤣
The winter sun sets on Gotham.
December 23, 2024 at 9:45 PM
The winter sun sets on Gotham.
Guess what year this was written about NYC's housing market? Could have been yesterday, ten years ago, or a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.
December 21, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Guess what year this was written about NYC's housing market? Could have been yesterday, ten years ago, or a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.
NYC last built more than 30,000 units in a year in 1966. The first big test of the City of Yes will be whether it can raise new construction above that limit. It's time to build like it was 1966 (or, better yet, 1926!).
December 20, 2024 at 1:52 PM
NYC last built more than 30,000 units in a year in 1966. The first big test of the City of Yes will be whether it can raise new construction above that limit. It's time to build like it was 1966 (or, better yet, 1926!).
How would you like to live in a glass house?
December 15, 2024 at 6:46 PM
How would you like to live in a glass house?
Spotted this morning at #HastingsonHudson. Bald eagles?
December 10, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Spotted this morning at #HastingsonHudson. Bald eagles?
Skyline at sunset.
November 25, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Skyline at sunset.
My first Bluesky troll. Was hoping hate would not follow to over here. 😥
November 23, 2024 at 6:53 PM
My first Bluesky troll. Was hoping hate would not follow to over here. 😥