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Originally Posted by GoldenBoot
Should you like to see taller towers in the CBD of Austin, then you obviously did not think your comments through. Austin is encumbered by Capital View Corridors. Should "50" more mid-rise towers be built in its CBD, on currently available property, we would not have enough room for another high-rise.
I would also like to see infill...having said that, I assume your "50" mid-rise buildings was at least a slight exaggeration.
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i don't think of any of this as thoroughly as anybody here. and i really don't care. but when it comes to it, i am a practical person as much as anybody on here. yeah i'd like to see a thousand footer... but i would honestly rather infill before anything else (best to build supertalls around a cities character rather than the other way around, if it ever happens). if we start building supertalls after supertalls, it doesn't really contribute much to its character in some odd way. its a better idea to develop the city first and then start from there. if anything like it ever comes to fruition it would be several decades for that to happen. and that's still a big if. also the thing about 50 midrises... i really did not give emphasis on the number, rather i was simply agreeing with kohmet that hypothetically, it be best to infill as opposed to worry about getting a supertall.
also, i'd like to point out my continuing track record of derailing topics. it wasn't my intention to stir this into another debate of supertalls. oddly though, i'm really good at doing that.