Posted Jan 31, 2018, 5:14 PM
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As much as I support a well-utilized piece of land, this is a flagrant disregard of the established area and landmark district. Which doesn't make an automatic transgression, I guess, but it's still a little preposterous. 300 units for the whole block doesn't seem particularly burdensome, and it's not office where there's daily regular vehicular access, so I don't think it's overly dense.
However, 50 stories would set a weird precedent of exceedingly taller towers mixed in with protected low-rise buildings. And their looming symbolism will quickly erode the feel that the area has now.
And 50 stories of hokey industrial pastiche is never welcome.
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