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I'm a big fan of really tall condos, like more than 50 stories. And so I'm really disappointed that a great city like NYC doesn't build more of these. Almost every condo that has gone up in the last several years is either a conversion or a low-mid rise building. A lot of this is due to stupid NIMBY regulations and zoning restrictions. They're really hurting the city. Places like Dubai, Hong Kong, and Chicago, are erecting SICK condo buildings.
I think we value our light too much to permit many of these. I live in a beautiful pre-war building (built in 1926) and what I appreciate about it are my woodburning fireplace, the ENORMOUS kitchen and the LIGHT!
first of all, i like NYC a lot. the advantages still outweigh the negatives. i'm just saying that as a big skyscraper nut, it would be nice from an aesthetic perspective to see more supertall condo buildings go up. my dream condo here in the city is the time warner center/mandarin oriental.
my understanding was that NIMBY is a uniquely NYC institution. Or am I wrong about that?
Alot of Chicago condo buildings also get to be tall because they get to built them on top of parking structures with several floors. In that case I rather built them shorter without all that awful above ground parking. Have you ever walk next to these buildings with all that parking? It kills the enjoyable walking experience for me.
first of all, i like NYC a lot. the advantages still outweigh the negatives. i'm just saying that as a big skyscraper nut, it would be nice from an aesthetic perspective to see more supertall condo buildings go up. my dream condo here in the city is the time warner center/mandarin oriental.
my understanding was that NIMBY is a uniquely NYC institution. Or am I wrong about that?
i think older historic cities like Boston, Philly & SF have major issues with NIMBY'sm. i know first hand living in Philly. there are height restrictions in every neighborhood except for the central business district. its crazy. anything proposed over 150 feet brings out the tightly knit neighborhood associations in droves. they are even contesting the supertall proposed FOR the central business district. yeah, something about blocking their light
hey, at least manhattan has plenty of talls & supertalls to even things out.
And, don't forget the whole transferable development air rights that some buildings have sold to allow the construction of super tall buildings, thus preserving the lower scale of other areas. So, it's not just the NIMBY factor at work in some cases, though that can be very strong in New York's neighborhoods.
Well then you must be a big fan of Donald Trump. Didn't he propose to build a mile-high apartment tower over the West Side train yards? Thank heavens the city had enough sense to reject his proposal; that thing would've cast a shadow extending all the way into Queens!
As to Dubai, you can do things in a monarchy ruled by an emir that you can't do in a democratic city. It used to bother me that they're putting up buildings so much taller than the Empire State. But now I feel, let 'em have it. Dubai as a city doesn't compare to New York, anyway.
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