FCP was the 6th tallest building in the world when it was completed and the tallest outside of NYC or Chicago. A small increase in height would not have been enough to overtake the Chrysler Building as 5th tallest, while at 292m, it is less than 2m ahead of the next tallest 70 Pine Street previously known as the AIG building. Anyone interested in height would likely be more interested in that than in some arbitrary number. Especially since the metric system was only first introduced in Canada in 1970 and not yet in common use meaning that 300m wouldn't have been considered relevant. So I don't see any "settling".
Regardless, FCP was built to address a severe office space shortage at the time rather than for symbolism or prestige. So it seems odd for someone to be perplexed that they didn't design the building to meet a goal that the developers never claimed to have to begin with.
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Don't ask people not to debate a topic. Just stop making debatable assertions. Problem solved.
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