Summary: Do we need to become a country of "trains, trees, and towers?" Vishaan Chakrabarti, director of Columbia University's Center for Urban Real Estate (CURE) and author of the new book A Country of Cities: A Manifest for an Urban America, discusses why he thinks "density is destiny", and how cities can solve the world's major problems. 10:40 with @VishaanNYC about why he sees cities as our destiny. Will also ask about calling Thoreau a misanthrope! pic.twitter.com/JIavXYGkQM — Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) June 20, 2013
