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Originally Posted by Atlanta3000
Just so I am clear, are you saying there is not a significant correlation between building height, population density and retail viability?
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I'm saying I've never seen a study showing a significant correlation, and my anecdotal experience suggests that in developed nations the most densely populated areas are full of mid-rise buildings, not skyscrapers. In Atlanta, only two of the most dense census tracts have a lot of highrises (both in Midtown) while all of the rest (along Buford Highway, Techwood, Renaissance park, Home park, Lenox at Sidney Marcus, and Fulton county jail) are all low/mid-rise:
https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.htm...1de90ec755791c
Even for Manhattan,
population density actually is correlated with lower building height.
Retail viability is a completely separate question that depends on complex factors like tourism. I have no idea how that relates to building height. But in Atlanta, Lenox Square probably has the highest retail viability, and it's two stories.
If the gulch is a mid-rise district as shown in those renderings, it could very well be one of the most dense neighborhoods in Atlanta.