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Originally Posted by Easy
No offense intended, but what started as a misunderstanding and misstatement of what air rights are has morphed into additional statements regarding the desire of LA city government to preserve sight lines to specific private/public buildings along with a concurrent desire to have LA's overall skyline match the outline of mountain backgrounds from various views. It all sounds like skyscraper fantasy to me and there's been no proof for any of it.
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WOW!!!
Pages 25-32 of the Downtown Los Angeles 2040 plan crafted and placed on THE official website of the City of Los Angeles for everyone to see and participate in
https://planning.lacity.org/odocumen..._Fall_2020.pdf
...and it's not just L.A. This is a link to 2008; when San Francisco was literally trying get a visual idea on how the skyline would look from
17 different vantage points with the addition of their new Transbay district, and there are 4 different mockups showcasing varying heights and shapes to their skyline. After careful planning and community outreach, The City and People chose a mix between options 2 and 3
http://socketsite.com/archives/2008/...n_form_si.html
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Originally Posted by ^^First_Paragraph^^
"...providing points of orientation and visual interest within the region."
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"Read article IV-I-A-2" above and Look at those building masses lean and shrink back from city hall so as to not get too close to that elliptical
The very next year; San Francisco showcases downtown plan [2009], telling developers desired heights measured in feet for specific plots of land. And yes, the city specifically planned for the creation of Salesforce tower and its other tall neighbors because they wanted a new peak tower district with a crown jewel next to its shiny new train station/bus terminal. You will see the future Salesforce tower annotated in the diagram as a dark blue box with 1000' (ft)
http://socketsite.com/archives/2009/...rict_plan.html
^Study on SF building height's effect on shadows in the city
As much as we like to talk about skyscrapers and skylines on this site; we have an opportunity to be not just spectators to what someone else is doing in developing parcels..., but active in the game! Creating our future! Shaping a skyline is an art that has been dying as of late with fast developing cities around the world allowing whatever, wherever. I am excited that Los Angeles and San Francisco are still in the practice and art form of shaping their skylines; and I will continue to geek out about it on this site because,.... well... this is the SKYSCRAPERPAGE FORUUM!!!
Get a degree in urban planning, participate in neighborhood council and city council meetings. Get into the Conversation. The world needs more people passionate about spacial awareness in cities. We also need more urban growth boundaries and less light pollution... but that’s another topic. And if my posting inspires one person to take new action to create a new future for all of us, I know that this was all worth it
None of this information is hard to find... just gotta look