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Old Posted Apr 6, 2013, 12:49 AM
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Not sure where you're getting this idea that I'm somehow a "height" person. I'm a "let's improve on the weak areas" person. If a city has lots of parking lots that need to be filled but has lots of tall buildings (Houston, Dallas, Atlanta) then I'm going to address the issues at ground level and not even mention height. Likewise, in a city with charming urban fabric but fewer impressive, taller buildings, then it's the latter I'd focus on improving. In Montreal's case, neither aspect is "bad" but both could use improvement. But with this being a future's skylines thread that's where I was focusing.

Overall, I don't think I'd want to see a super tall in Montreal, It would be nice if they'd allow one building around 250m and a few 200m "ish" ones further east and west. But otherwise, lower infill would be sufficient.

Although I'd also like to see a few landmark highrises outside downtown. Maybe one in the 160m range and a couple more in the 120m range in a node around Parc Extension and a few similar in Anjou would be cool.
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