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Originally Posted by jsbrook
Disagree strongly! And hope it does not happen for a long time or never! I love skyscrapers but I also love the low-rise character and interesting small footprint of storefronts on many of the blocks of Chestnut, Walnut, Locust and Samson between 15th and the River. It would be a real shame to lose this. I would be happy to see lines of skyscrapers all along Market and JFK. Maybe even Arch, and that seems to be the trend with the 23rd street project and potential other towers by Comcast.
I do think Corner lots on Walnut and Chestnut streets that are generally low or mid-rise can handle taller buildings and that such buildings look nice. Like bookends.
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I love how folks say strongly disagree with an exclamation point as if they are absolutely right on the issue and being closed minded to varying opinions, when it is just their opinion. Anyways, in the context of what I was saying and in response to McBane's post, I didn't say every building on the streets that I named be demolish and replace with 400+ ft buildings. We have enough stock of low-rise buildings with and without character, so when an opportunity comes along to build a new building, I think we should shoot for taller building/more density on those streets I mentioned because that's the core of Center City. For the record, I think cities with different building designs and height from different era keeps it interesting and tells of the history of the city. Obviously, if a city thrives economically and there is demand for taller buildings, developers will build to meet those demands.