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If only the tower on the far right is finished, that would still be a landmark for Dartmouth - maybe even Halifax. Would it be the tallest building in HRM? It definitely helps that it has a classic skyscraper profile.
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What has happened is that the city used to have 30 storey zoning, but then due to the housing accelerator fund they permitted 40 storeys in a few areas. There is some 40 storey zoned land on both the Halifax and Dartmouth sides and each side has I believe one project that's in some form of construction or site prep (Young and Windsor on the Halifax side). There are now lots of 30 storey zoned sites and it's becoming a pretty standard residential highrise height in the city.
The area below the Citadel is under various height limits that allow at most 80-90 m, and often much less.
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With all the Dartmouth stuff that's going up, Halifax will be the only city on the Atlantic coast other than NYC-Jersey City-Brooklyn to have 40+ storey towers on both sides of its harbour, so it'll make quite a grand entrance if you're visiting on a cruise ship.
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It's already kind of like this, but with 25-30 storey buildings right now. The most impressive views are from a boat or from higher vantage points in Dartmouth or Halifax were you can see the different areas. There are also some elevation differences. Richmond Yards is on a 60 m hill for example.
It's true that there's a huge difference with US Northeast cities as far as growth and the type of development that's happening. Halifax used to look a lot like Portland ME back in the 1950's but it's very different now.