After six years, I eventually returned to New York City. It has been the longest period of absence since 1974 when I first visited the Big Apple. I saw many large new buildings whose purpose was to impress visitors and dwellers, invest speculative money and fulfil the ego of celebrated architects. Half a century ago New York’s skyscrapers communicated opulence, progress and even a feeling of happiness on a par with the lights and the frenetic life flowing through its streets. In 1974, only New York looked like New York: the vertical city with hundreds of skyscrapers. Today there are […]