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Originally Posted by Werthers
This is from wikipedia's page about Landmark Place:
"It was built by Al Frisina as a mixed use building; commercial, residential and retail. Original plans included adding a heliport and a revolving rooftop restaurant but those plans were scrapped. Frisina also believes that no other building will be built in Hamilton taller than Landmark Place because as he puts it; 'the demand's not there and nobody's crazy enough to do it."
Over half a century later and the guy's still right
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The demand was there and people were definitely interested in doing it but they were blocked by a bunch of short sighted uninspired people who cried because the escarpment needed to be seen from every angle of the city ... we could've had a very interesting skyline by now if not for the height restrictions
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