ULI President Speaks Out On America's Cities

"High rises will continue to be built. They are efficient as a means of aggregating employees and residents. They provide magnificent vistas to the buildings from the landscape and from the buildings to the world around. They allow the creation of great public spaces in the form of parks, fountains, plazas. They contrast with lower rise structures and allow skylines to linger in our memories. For many years, tall buildings have been urban icons, symbols of prosperity, hope, progress. Monumental buildings, whether Parliament in London, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, or the World Trade Center in New York have been inspiration for urban areas."