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Originally Posted by asies1981
I've heard from several city council members that they are frustrated that developers only build up to maximum allowed for wood framed construction, even in areas that allow for taller buildings. Even when they do go taller many will just go taller with the podium for the extra height instead of switching to steel. The state street project mess might have scared some developers away from steel. But if we want tall slender buildings we are going to have to move away from wood.
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Speaking of tall and slender; do any of the zoning laws address width? These buildings are all stubby and ugly, we can all agree on that, but I think there would be a lot less opposition if each one of these 4th south buildings were half as long and split into separate distinct buildings. Two ugly buildings that are different is far more engaging and interesting than one full block of the same ugly.
There's so much focus on height, setback and parking; I want width restrictions!
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