Articles and Blog Posts by Jason M. Barr

2024

“Can New York Become a City of Yes?” Vital City, April 17, 2024

“Infectious Disease Lessons for Today from New York City Tenement Reform.” TheHill.com, Feb. 19, 2024 (with Troy Tassier)

2023

“What can a City’s Skyline tell us about Development?” World Bank Blogs, Aug. 1, 2023 (with Remi Jedwab)

“Want More Housing? Expand Manhattan.” Vital City, Feb. 23, 2023

2022

“Exciting, Boring, and Non-existent Skylines: Vertical Building Gaps in Global Perspective.” VoxEU, Oct. 13, 2022 (with Remi Jedwab).

“We Need to Overcome our Deep-seated Phobia of Major Projects.” Dezeen.com, Mar. 7, 2022

 “1,760 Acres. That’s How Much More of Manhattan We Need.” The New York Times, Jan. 14, 2022.

2021

“Want Cheaper Housing, More Vibrant Neighborhoods and Shorter Commutes? Embrace Tall Buildings.” The Currency, June 4, 2021 (with Ronan Lyons).

“New York’s Dynamism Will Triumph: The City’s History Offers Fresh Hope for a Resurgence.” City Journal, Mar. 14, 2021.

“Cities without Skylines: Worldwide Building-height Gaps, Their Determinants, and Their Implications.” VoxEU, Feb. 28, 2021 (with Jan Brueckner and Remi Jedwab)

2019 - 2020

“The Enduring City: Four Centuries of Crises in New York.” City Journal, Oct. 8, 2020.

“Are Crowded Cities the Reason for the COVID-19 Pandemic?” Scientific American, April 17, 2020 (with Troy Tassier).

“Smith, Marx, and... Picard?: Star Trek and Our Economic Future.” StarTrek.com, March 11, 2020.

“Solving the City's Traffic Nightmares.” Crain’s New York Business, Sept. 5, 2019.

2017 - 2018

“Big Data and the Happiness of Cities.” OUPblog, Aug. 22, 2018

“Stop the Sprawl! If We are Serious about our Future, We Must Look Up.” Irish Independent, June 3, 2018 (with Ronan Lyons).

“Asia Dreams in Skyscrapers.” The New York Times, Oct. 11, 2017.

“Unshackle New York City.” Crain’s New York Business, April. 12, 2017.

“The Manhattan Street Grid Plan: Misconceptions and Corrections: Blog Series.” Gotham Center for New York History, Dec. 2016 – Dec. 2017 (with Gerard Koeppel).

Before 2017

“New York City’s Housing Crisis.” OUPblog, Sept. 28, 2016

“The Myth of the Skyscraper Index.” History News Network, Dec. 17, 2012.