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Originally Posted by LRTfan
you are correct, but it's so petty and small-townish. What are we accomplishing by lowering it 4 floors?? And in the Rebecca St thread, you'll see they've denied the proposal for 40. Will only consider 30. Again, what are we accomplishing??
This is all because some folks in the DNA got the ear of city hall and came up with this boogey-man 'escarpment height' idea in order to gain opposition to TV City.
We've had several buildings taller than the escarpment for 45 years. And in that time, I'm going to guess the city has received exactly zero complaints about it.
When have you ever overheard someone say "can you believe we have buildings taller than the escarpment here?!" It's a red herring, boogeyman fabricated by a bunch of NIMBYs
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Well said. Height restrictions are utterly preposterous. I've yet to hear a logical reason for them that isn't anchored in petty NIMBY-based self-interest.
The reality is that it will take our city some adjusting--once they see a few 30 storey towers on the skyline, they will become habituated (dare I say 'warm'?) to the concept of 40-plus storeys.