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Originally Posted by viewguysf
From what I understand, the citizens of Berlin voted to ban all further highrises period.
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Really? Hmmmm...interesting.
Anyway, I found this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Height_restriction_laws
Wow! Bali, Indonesia can't exceed the height of a palm tree which is about 20 meters or 66 feet!
Actually, what I mean is the difference in range heights from what is orginally proposed and what gets built in San Francisco, and the quantity of reduced and cancelled proposals is proportionally larger than most other cities. Many of us know of how the Transamerica Pyramid was shortened by about 300'. There are scores of others; some we barely know about. At least nine of tallest towers in Reminiscence's SF proposed skyscraper list at the bottom of his posts are likely to be shortened or eliminated. San Francisco gets many proposals wanting to build taller, but restrictions resulting from public pressure often compresses them down. At least San Francisco is lucky it did not proceed with locating its airport on Treasure Island.