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Originally Posted by Hans Gruber
For those that don't know what Vancouver's skyline looks like, post a panoramic shot of the city. Basically Vancouver is a massive number of 20 story towers with a huge park. It's nice to see some of the towers are hitting 600ft. The above designs are all very nice.
I think the mayor of Vancover will walk before a 900+ft tower appears in the skyline. Let's hope I'm wrong. Some super talls would really add to the skyline.
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Close but no cigar. Huge portions of the downtown and yaletown areas are zoned for around 300ft, and most buildings seem to be able to squeek out 30 stories or so, some a few highter, some a few lower than that. There have been some complaints that it is making this area look flat. I think 25-40 story buildings for residential purposes works very well. Tall enough, but it doesn't make the city feel like a bunch of dark, windy, lonely canyons that I have experienced in many other cities. I love tall, but the feel of the neighborhoods seems more residential somehow at this height level.
It would be nice to get 2-3 towers in the 700-1000 foot range, but I hope buildings this tall, if ever allowed to be built at all, will be in the downtown core.