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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas
As I said before, mechanical penthouses are omitted from height restrictions/allowances, so sometimes a published height for a building can be the main roof height, and the mechanical penthouse may not be included in the height. I think in the case of the Frost Bank Headquarters that whatever the mechanical penthouse is doesn't matter to the final height since the crown is ultimately going to be higher than the mechanical penthouse, and I see no reason why they wouldn't have reported/published the height of the building without counting the crown. It just wouldn't have made sense.
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HDRC document (public record) for Frost Tower:
https://sanantonio.legistar.com/Legi...0-1763742D8A1D
Page 57 of the application includes a signed and sealed construction drawing. (I don't know legalities of just clipping a portion of the drawing and including it here)