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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas
Yeah, I think they did. I liked that, too, along with the sloped mechanical screen. That version was slightly taller also.
The building went through some design tweaks because apparently, the FAA disagreed with the height. It ended up with 65 floors, but they had said might have been in the mid-70s.
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What a crock of you know what. Definitely feel your pain. It's a city, it's the the downtown core of a city to boot. Buildings are supposed to be built tall to meet demand. Is the airport really that close in proximity of the city center to even make it an issue? Isn't there plenty of other airspace in the great state of Texas the FAA can fixate on instead? Here in Asia this nonsense is not even an issue. It will probably be decades though until someone is smart enough to figure out the concept of a downtown core and any given airport be a reasonable distance of one another. Cities like Denver are still recovering for these horrible and moronic city planning blunders with many more still held hostage to this idiocy including Phoenix, Miami, Seattle, well more cities than one cares to name...
On a positive note, maybe this will pave the way for the eventual 1,000 footer which will come in a matter of time. It's definitely a great start and a huge step in the right direction. In the meantime, Austin will now have a taller skyline than Minneapolis but will still barely miss OKC. >_<