Why are skyscrapers built thin, instead of stacking 100 arenas on top of each other?

Question

Why are skyscrapers built thin, instead of stacking 100 arenas on top of each other?

In: Engineering

Answer 1

Look into “air rights” in NYC. Not a lot of people know that cities have made rights to air space and how tall buildings can be. These right don’t just pertain to the building itself but those around it too in regards to accessibility to light and “space pollution”