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Originally Posted by Hali87
I didn't get the sense that she was comparing Skye to the Eiffel Tower per se. I think the point was more that if the Eiffel Tower were proposed here, it would be shot down because it violates height regulations. It makes no difference what positive qualities proposed developments have, if they're too high then they don't belong here. We are not allowed to build anything that might be considered more iconic than what already exists.
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Exactly. The original Medjuck proposal for the WDC lands had an observation tower in it, you might recall. That quickly got shouted down by the usual height-phobic suspects with cries of "We're not Toronto!" and the ever-popular "It's Too TALL!!!". He was forced to remove it.
Perhaps if he had instead proposed a 2-floor walk-up observation deck made out of red brick with some styrofoam trim it would have been accepted as an icon.