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Originally Posted by Tony
What the column is asking is, why now are supertalls being proposed when there are many places that could accommodate your everyday 20-40 storey condo towers, enough buildings that would easily equal the same number of units in those supertalls combined.
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20-40 storey towers are the worst of both worlds - they lack the intimate scale of low/mid-rise developments, and they lack the grandeur of 60+ storey towers. A bit of skyline filler is okay, but they shouldn't be the only option for development.