New York's skyline was built for a century. New York is the wealthiest city of the biggest economy in the world, a city which is the world's financial capital- New York is home to Wall Street, World's biggest banks and insurance companies, World's biggest stock exchanges etc. The city is home to 23 Fortune 500 companies while Turkey is to only 1- Koc holding at number 463. New York is one the biggest high tech science and research hubs in the world, a main transport, fashion, trade, media, health care and tourist spot of the planet. A city with a GDP of 1,55 trilion dolars which is close to two times more the GDP of Turkey.
To be honnest it's hard to compare New York and Istanbul... the two cities are much different in almost everything you can imagine. I am all for Istanbul's architecture going higher but unfortunately not like it happens today- building ugly buildings on every empty spot you can find. I don't know who is the main architect of the city but that guy and the people who are responsible for that should be all hanged for the crimes they do against the city. A big part of the projects that are being built in Istanbul are looking like from somewhere in the Third World.
Istanbul needs more parks and green spaces not more ugly buildings growing everywhere in the city. The skyscrapers should be all located in clusters and not built everywhere around the city. There are places like Maslak, Levent, Atasehir, Bomonti, Aslantepe and a few others where the skyscrapers should be all located.
Istanbul doesn't need projects like this- cheap buildings built for a quicker profit from foreign customers- mostly from the Arab world. Unfortunately a lot of money flow into the right pockets (the right investors, working with the right party- you know which one) and nobody in the Municipality and the Institutions is willing to do anything against the destruction of Istanbul.