[VivaLFuego]

Yeah, and if height is the concern for aesthetic reasons, they also could have achieved an FAR of greater than 2.2 and a much higher unit count with lowrises. There is no reasonable justification for creating so much private open space immediately across the street from an enormous city park other than continuously hollowing out the development to reduce the FAR and unit count to appease the traffic-obsessed NIMBY neighbors.

As spyguy points out, the net change in residential unit density is very minor since the project involved tearing down a 12 story apartment building filled with affordable studios and 1-bedrooms.