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Old Posted Mar 30, 2014, 5:25 PM
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Why would there be more tall buildings in Brooklyn? In 95% of Brooklyn, skyscrapers aren't allowed by zoning.
I was just made aware of zoning issues if you look to the posts above this one.

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Tall building construction has nothing to do with density or property values.

In any case, Brooklyn has a large number of highrises planned and u/c, because of more recent rezonings designed to allow highrises around transit (and especially around downtown Brooklyn).
I believe density and property values have a ton to do with tall building construction...
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