No Skyscraper Stagnation

Empirical debunking of the 'declining American skyscrapers = civilizational decline' claim (Jim Donald, Vox Day, etc.). With graphs: tallest-US-skyscraper height is linear over time after the 1900-1930 steel/elevator spurt; cost-per-foot is flat since the Empire State Building (so bureaucracy hasn't strangled it); there's a recent NYC supertall boom; and the killer historical point -- the 1933-1960 'dry spell' (zero >700ft buildings) fell during the supposed golden age of progress. Concludes skyscrapers aren't a good indicator of anything.

Quality 67 · Strong. A solid, well-researched empirical debunking with a nice historical jab (the dry spell was during the supposed peak), but a fairly narrow myth-busting piece. Strong.

Claude’s paradigm shift 42 · Moderate. Moderate. Competent data-driven rebuttal of a specific niche claim; little novel framing.

Real-world impact 2 · Minor. A well-researched empirical debunking of the skyscraper-decline myth; corrects a narrow discourse claim but with no material-world or policy reach → RWI 2.