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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
the big difference this time around of course is NYC's current skyscraper building boom. it's off the charts relative to the rest of the nation. chicago is certainly holding its own, and miami is the big new comer to the top of the list
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One planned in San Francisco (Transbay Parcel F: has already been fully leased to Salesforce but I'm not sure when they'll break ground).
Here a lot of what's new is, I think, technology in seismic resistance. From viscous damping to buckling-restrained bracing to base isolation, design of buildings today to resist earthquake swaying as well as actual damage is much improved allowing more taller buidlings that won't sway so much in even the moderate quakes that are fairly common as to alarm people in them.