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I guess it is time for DC to grow up as well, as DC does not have a 20 story building.
I'm thinking the other way. I want great retail, great street presence, beautiful design.....who the heck cares about height, unless there is something they need to prove? Look at Riverplace....a huge success by any metric and no height.
I want it ALL! A great city needs a great skyline. DC doesn't have actual buildings over a certain height because of its own skyline of monuments, etc. Apples to oranges comparison there.
I want it ALL! A great city needs a great skyline. DC doesn't have actual buildings over a certain height because of its own skyline of monuments, etc. Apples to oranges comparison there.
Actually, the reason DC has a building height restriction has nothing to do with its monuments. The reason is that a neighborhood fought an attempt to put up a high-rise out of the blue decades ago, like in the 50s or something, and they not only won that fight but got the ordinance regulating buildings heights passed. As for Greenville, while it would be nice to add to the skyline from different angles and from a distance, the street-level stuff is where it's at in new developments, even if it's bank lobbies, as in Columbia's 9-story First Citizen's tower and 17-story NBSC tower built in the last few years in the block adjacent to the capitol grounds in Columbia.
I am confident this new development will be much more attractive and interesting than the latest highrise built in Columbia (nice that it is glass, but otherwise very bland), but doubt it will be as beautiful as the 9-story First Citizens Bank building.
Actually, the reason DC has a building height restriction has nothing to do with its monuments. The reason is that a neighborhood fought an attempt to put up a high-rise out of the blue decades ago, like in the 50s or something, and they not only won that fight but got the ordinance regulating buildings heights passed.
Then my teachers were wrong in school (surprise!)...
Actually, the reason DC has a building height restriction has nothing to do with its monuments. The reason is that a neighborhood fought an attempt to put up a high-rise out of the blue decades ago, like in the 50s or something, and they not only won that fight but got the ordinance regulating buildings heights passed.
It was passed in 1899, after the Cairo Hotel was built. Current law is that no building can be built in DC which is more than 20 feet higher than the width of the street it sits on. Until they start building 20 lane streets through DC, you won't see a 20 story building.
I am confident this new development will be much more attractive and interesting than the latest highrise built in Columbia (nice that it is glass, but otherwise very bland), but doubt it will be as beautiful as the 9-story First Citizens Bank building.
Je ne sais quoi (sp), not bland, is the way I describe the NBSC high-rise. It can look quite stunning in the late afternoon and very soft blue in the morning and mid-day from the west, almost like ice, and the green coloring looking north from the state house, depending on the sky, can be exquisitely beautiful, and the ground floor especially has potential to appear quite elegant if a restaurant locates there. Different strokes. Anyway, it's always good to get new development. Congrats, Greenville.
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