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Old Posted May 29, 2018, 8:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Jibba View Post
I noticed that slight misnomer when re-reading my post, but I left it as written. It's close enough, and it feels like a high-rise relative to the 2- and 3-story pitched-roof flats in the background.

And I agree, it's a good archetype--at least visually--for sites in outlying neighborhoods that are near transit nodes.
Right. It’s basically standard building height for large European cities, which shows you how they get so much density and atreet activity basically without high-rises, because it’s buildings of that size one after another with no gaps.
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