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Originally Posted by someone123
You could reframe the question and ask, if the views are so important, why the original builder did not leave extra space on their own land that they paid for to assure views in the future. This is possible in principle, and arguably fairer since the person who wants the view is the one paying for it.
The other reality in this case is that the existing building is a small 20 year old office building. A lot more people will benefit from the construction of the new building, and if the office tenants don't like the loss of views in the old one they can move out. In the long run, people and businesses in the city will end up with much nicer spaces if more construction is allowed. The city also has a bunch of nearly guaranteed views that front onto streets and parks.
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It wouldn't actually be a loss to the city if that building was replaced with something nicer, but you have to have a certain degree of empathy for those who work there being left staring out at a brick wall. If you don't like it, you could quit your job, I suppose.
It looks like the original builders added that concave glass wall as a major feature of the building likely not thinking anything of equal or greater height would ever be built next to it, which was probably reasonable in the old Halifax.
View from Google maps 3D