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Originally Posted by Nomad9
Why do you all say Wilmington is in such dire need of a skyscraper? It would be nice to have a signature tower, sure. But I'd rather see several smaller low rise infill (residential and office) throughout downtown and along the riverfront than I would have it concentrated in one or two mammoth buildings.
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No doubt, there are probably a dozen surface parking lots in downtown Wilmington within a 5-min walk to Rodney Square (and then there's also a few big garages with very minimal street impact. Fixing those dead zones would probably make a much greater impact than one 400-500ft tower. (But I'd also love to see a new tallest; interesting note, I didn't realize that the River Tower at 340ft (completed 2007, one of the 2 residential high rises on the Riverfront) is the tallest building in Wilmington. Chase Manhattan Centre downtown at 330ft is #2 (completed in 1988).