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Originally Posted by NYC2ATX
I agree. One of the things I love about Austin is that in spite of how rapidly the city is growing, so much of the new development remains pleasantly human-scaled... And y'all still have a spectacular developing skyline to brag about.
I think I've said it before on this site, but tall buildings do not a city make. This is one of the reasons why China and Dubai do not impress me as they do some.
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Amen to this.
Downtown needs mid-rise infill with the occasional sporadic taller signature tower.
The domain needs vertical mixed use infill, and then maybe we can talk about doing 10-15 story towers with perhaps a 20 story or two tower after that.
The major vmu corridors into downtown should stick with that: vmu. Perhaps up to 10 stories as you get closer to downtown, but not more than that.