It’s been several weeks since I first came across this Op-Doc (think: Op-Ed as a documentary), and despite marking it, making notes to watch it, trying to remember without notes, and emailing it to myself as recently as yesterday; I never watched it until this morning.

I really enjoyed this, not in small part because I have lived in high-rise buildings for the last 10 years, and live and have traveled to cities featured in the documentary (New York, Beijing, Odessa etc.). I enjoyed it as an amalgamation of social and architectural history, and it is also likely to appeal to most people artistically. I did find the poetry and commitment to rhyming a bit forced at times, even distracting on occasion. Nevertheless, it is a job well done and worth watching.

http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2013/high-rise/?nytapp=true