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Old Posted Feb 19, 2016, 9:50 PM
Londonee Londonee is offline
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Originally Posted by summersm343 View Post
I don't think something shouldn't be built just because it would block the view of something else. That's ridiculous.
There's room for nuance here. I think it's ridiculous when a resident of a city buys a property in the downtown, CMX 4-5 core and goes ape shit over "shadows" and austere ideas about colonial scale or views being blocked from their precious balcony.

But this is a massive monolithic structure on the Schulkykill river trail that could have a very negative impact on the aesthetics and feel of this part of the city.

95% of the time I agree with your thesis, but it's not absolute, nothing is - room for nuance.