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Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse
Actually, having a city centre dominated by a handful of large towers kind of does change things. Not if they were in a peripheral area like Canary Wharf or La Defense, but if they were in the centre of the city, I would consider that to no longer be a lowrise city. I mean, even most North American cities consist of a city centre dominated by a handful of large towers with most of the buildings in the city and metro area being lowrises. But of course we're all entitled to our opinions.
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Well actually these towers are all in the eastern edge of Part-Dieu, which isn't really the city center. It's closer than La Defense or Canary Wharf, because Lyon is a smaller city, but it's not the shopping/entertainment/tourist part.
The center of Lyon will continue to look like this:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@45.76...8i6656!6m1!1e1