Posted Mar 9, 2016, 8:38 PM
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Big City Enthusiast
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Seattle-Vancouver-Osaka-Chongqing-Chicago-OKC
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Add a few more floors and change the top to a spire and I bet it will win.
Why doesn't Vancouver have more spire buildings, I don't know why? Surely spires could give the city height without cutting significantly into view cones.
i do think most of the view cones should be eliminated and those remaining should be revised upward; but I also don't understand why developers don't 'work around' the viewcones with spires. NYC is full of them, and has a much more appealing skyline than without the recent influx. A few spires could work in Vancouver, perhaps get the city ready for a building greater than 700 feet (trust me, it's not that much taller than what's already there) and forever define Vancouver in the world skyline cities.
We need to continue the momentum for Office towers, I truly hope this can be reworked upward with floors to 550 feet (or higher) and with a 100-150 foot spire.
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