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You'll say L.A. for what? Which question are you answering? Are you referring to the amount of total buildings over 10 stories or how many buildings L.A. will build that are over 20-70 stories in the future?
I'd say it goes like this 1-7 stories, LA. 7-20 stories, DC. 20+ LA.
LA has a huge advantage in size, plus doesn't count other areas (at least I'm assuming) outside the city with high-rises like Santa Monica and the Sunset Strip.
L.A. is by far larger than D.C. yet the buildings in the city are relatively short according to the database in reference. Only 600 buildings in the entire city are 10 stories or taller. D.C. has a much larger concentration of highrise building density so the size of the cities would not be relevant honestly. Munchitup said most buildings being built in LA are wood framed and shorter than 10 stories. Is that not the case? If that is true, then D.C. will most likely pass L.A. since all of the buildings being built in NOMA, Capitol Riverfront, SW Waterfront, and Mt. Vernon Triangle are 10-14 stories with undergound parking.
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L.A. is by far larger than D.C. yet the buildings in the city are relatively short according to the database in reference. Only 600 buildings in the entire city are 10 stories or taller. D.C. has a much larger concentration of highrise building density so the size of the cities would not be relevant honestly. Munchitup said most buildings being built in LA are wood framed and shorter than 10 stories. Is that not the case? If that is true, then D.C. will most likely pass L.A. since all of the buildings in NOMA, Capitol Riverfront, SW Waterfront, and Mt. Vernon Triangle are 10-14 stories.
LA and DC are similar in that they are generally dense, low-rise cities. LA just has a lot of skyscrapers now, scattered around the city.
I'd say it goes like this 1-7 stories, LA. 7-20 stories, DC. 20+ LA.
LA has a huge advantage in size, plus doesn't count other areas (at least I'm assuming) outside the city with high-rises like Santa Monica and the Sunset Strip.
Also, according to Emporis:
Buildings taller than 200 feet:
Los Angeles 98
Washington DC 7
This is a pretty pointless discussion over semantics, skyscraperpage is not accurate- you can ask Dylan LeBlanc himself (I know him personally). It's just an estimate & it's very off for every city.
Buildings taller than 200 feet:
Los Angeles 98
Washington DC 7
I wonder what buildings are taller than 200 feet for D.C.? The height restrictions don't allow buildings that tall. They must be talking about churches and the old post office building Donald Trump is making into the International Trump Hotel.
This is a pretty pointless discussion over semantics, skyscraperpage is not accurate- you can ask Dylan LeBlanc himself (I know him personally). It's just an estimate & it's very off for every city.
Interesting. Is it because he doesn't keep up with buildings going up in each city? What does he use to keep track of buildings etc? Is there some sort of database?
Is there much green/LEED building going on DC among the taller buildings. It would seem impractical in DC given the height limitations and general higher sloor height of green building. For example the Comcast building (believe still the tallest LEED certified building) is only like 50 stories at nearly 1,000 ft
Never thought about it but would make for inefficient sq footage it would seem when you cant build up
Interesting. Is it because he doesn't keep up with buildings going up in each city? What does he use to keep track of buildings etc? Is there some sort of database?
He goes by blocks, it's just a rough estimate- nothing more. That's why you wont be able to get any information on any buildings beyond a certain point- the site just says it "exists" without really existing.
For example, he goes with whats in the area. If there's a multitude number of 8 story buildings in a certain section of the city then he assumes every block will be the same way. He's not very accurate with his information which is constantly updated on a near daily basis (try using the database after 1 AM sometimes- it's down for maintenance) but it's still pretty far fetched from what actually exists. It's just relative, it's a good indication of what's there without having accurate numbers.
Plus Dylan doesn't have that kind of time anymore, he moved overseas for other ventures- he hardly cares about the database anymore to update it frequently or accurately.
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