But the connection to my generation and to all New Yorkers, both permanent and transient is that Ramsey and Barasch's inclination toward technology, green space and community stands tall, but notsotall as to cast in shadow their dedication to art, the urban and the gritty.
Myhrvold is of Nordic extraction, and he looks every bit the bearded, fair-haired Viking not so much the tall, ferocious kind who raped and pillaged as the impish, roly-poly kind who stayed home by the fjords trying to turn lead into gold.
If life in these United States were a role playing game, the lowest difficulty setting would probably be a straight white male who is one standard deviation above mean height. (Unless you are a good enough athlete to get into the NBA being much taller than that is notso good) Tall people have never been denied the right to vote.