"The rise and fall of New York--a radical architect's view of the destruction of the city Michael Sorkin is one of the most forthright and engaging architectural writers in the world. In What Goes Up he charts the dehumanising regimes of mayors Bloomberg and De Blasio that created a city of glittering towers and increasing inequality. He looks at what has happened to Ground Zero, as a place of memory has been reconstructed by "staritects" and turned into malls. The city, he suggests, has to be reimagined from the street up on a human scale, to develop new ways to revitalise neighbourhoods Alongside these essays on New York, Sorkin also brings his lifetime's experience as an architect to bear. He talks of the joy of observing a city in order to understand it. Why a young designer must learn to draw by hand rather than only use a computer. There are also personal encounters with some of the greatest names who have changed the city. Sorkin gets lost in Rio with Zaha Hadid; talks about the old Bronx with Marshall Berman; and gets on the wrong side of Daniel Libeskind"--;[I.] New York, New York, New York : Jane's spectacles -- New York triptych -- A dozen urgent suggestions for the village -- NYU's tipping point -- Occupying Wall Street -- The sidewalks of New York -- Learning the hard way -- Sandy -- Ada Louise Huxtable -- Ground Zero sum -- Marshall Berman 1940-2013 -- The fungibility of air -- Big MoMA's house -- What's behind the poor door -- Ups and downs -- Little boxes -- Business as usual -- Big and bigger -- Another city -- Sow's ears -- Lost at sea -- Getting together -- The cathedral at Ground Zero -- A new New York, the same old story -- Manhattan transfer -- Preserving people -- [II.] Elsewhere and otherwise : Need to know? -- A reminiscence of Hollin Hills -- Back to the burbs -- Architecture without capitalism -- Informal formality -- The trials of Rafi Segal -- Krier [heart] Speer -- Rumble in the urban jungle -- Working drawings -- Cells out! -- Presidents and libraries -- Critical measure -- Two hundred fifty things an architect should know -- Bull in China's shop -- Civilian objects -- Clear light -- The architect as worker -- Travels with Zaha -- Pinkwashing Zion Square -- Burden of gilt -- Architecture against Trump -- The city after the automobile.