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Originally Posted by hfxeastsider
This could be so much better. Design here and on other big sites is stifled by totally artificial height limits that hold buildings to 22 floors max, and often much lower. The current Citadel rampart view restrictions would actually allow an additional 7 or 8 floors with no impact on viewplanes to harbour. The towers could then be forced to be more narrow, with the same overall square footage, but allow more sunlight penetration to streets and make the shadows move faster. Result would be more interesting architecture and better urban design. Imagine if the Maple had been 30 floors instead of 22 but only 2/3 as wide. The fake height limits need to be removed.
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I could not agree more with this. The skyline from multiple view points is just becoming a more dense table top. Let's shake it up a little!