Dome over Manhattan explained

The Dome over Manhattan was a 1959 proposal for a 3-kilometer-diameter geodesic domed city covering Midtown Manhattan by the architects Buckminster Fuller and Thomas C. Howard of Synergetics, Inc.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Fuller expanded on his earlier work designing geodesic domes and advocating for decreased use of resources, and made a variety of claims to support the "Dome Over Manhattan," such as that it would reduce energy usage in NYC to 20% of what it was in 1960.^[3]

The concept inspired the science fiction writer Ben Bova's story "Manhattan Dome" in the September 1968 issue of Amazing Stories, subsequently expanded into the 1976 novella City of Darkness. A Fuller dome over Manhattan also appeared in John Brunner's 1968 novel Stand on Zanzibar.

Notes and References

1. Web site: The 1960 Plan To Put A Dome Over Midtown Manhattan. Carlson. Jen. Gothamist. 2019-05-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20190512210559/http://gothamist.com/2012/03/08/the_1960_plan_to_put_a_dome_over_mi.php. 2019-05-12. dead.
2. Web site: A 1960s Plan to Cover Midtown Manhattan With a Giant Geodesic Dome. 6sqft. en-US. 2019-05-12.
3. Web site: How Buckminster Fuller Made A Dome Over Manhattan Sound Sensible. Budds. Diana. 2016-03-31. Fast Company. en-US. 2021-03-14.