Maxed out cities Vs. Cities with endless room for expansion.

[DTXman34]

Originally Posted by BrooklynJo

NYC has no room to expand! Rezoning and making use of air rights and more vertical building will only help us.

Same for DC and San Fran I could imagine!

I can see San Fran going more vertical but not DC. I think it's prohibited due to being the seat of the federal government, whereas San Fran doesn't have that limitation.

[BrooklynJo]

Originally Posted by DTXman34

I can see San Fran going more vertical but not DC. I think it's prohibited due to being the seat of the federal government, whereas San Fran doesn't have that limitation.

That is correct DC has strict heigh restrictions but I wonder if that will ever change like it did in Philly!

[DavePa]

Originally Posted by BrooklynJo

That is correct DC has strict heigh restrictions but I wonder if that will ever change like it did in Philly!

Philly's was like a traditional gentleman's agreement. That no building would go taller then the William Penn stature on top on the Philly City Hall dome.

It was never a legal restriction for any reason. Once tradition was broken in height in the 80s .... it is as if this old tradition never existed for todays builders high-rises to skyscrapers. But now they have neighborhood NIMBY's to lessen height and some new proposals in some more residential core areas .....

[MrJones17]

I wish all these new cities would build up instead of out. It will make them less car-dependent and require less infrastructure for the cities to maintain. Less roads and all that.