Having lived in NYC for what is now the majority of my adult life, catching a glimpse of the skyline still doesn't disappoint. Whether I'm taking a far-off look from my bedroom window, catching a glimpse on the subway as it crosses the bridge, or most dramatically, during nighttime plane landings when the cloud cover is punctuated with cavernous peeks of rainbow skyscrapers, this city really doesn't disappoint. But there's been a lot of new construction in recent years, changing the outline of our horizon, and I wasn't sure what to make of the general aesthetic. But it occurred to me that what might be governing the aesthetic is actually the horizon itself. However, I don’t mean that developers are developing with an eye for how our shared horizon will change, but that I think they are developing from the point of view of those who live on the horizon—those who live among the clouds.

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