Taller Buildings - When and where will we see them?

[Gistok]

Bham1982... he's only talking modern building of mid heights... you're going off on other tangents such as historic structures.... subway lines and cobblestone streets.... don't see that in his comments anywhere... Yes in NYC from downtown to Midtown there are a huge amount of historic well built buildings.... but that's not his point....

[canuck]

Bham1982... he's only talking modern building of mid heights... you're going off on other tangents such as historic structures.... subway lines and cobblestone streets.... don't see that in his comments anywhere... Yes in NYC from downtown to Midtown there are a huge amount of historic well built buildings.... but that's not his point....

Yeah, Bham is on the tail end of StPatty's day celebrations. He reminds me of the pugnacious Fighting Irish's mascot swinging at cobwebs.

Nobody said anything about replicating Old New York. I think the idea that downtown and Midtown could have more mid/highrises and fewer skyscrapers is just as desirable as the quest for new heights.

Montreal has a bylaw restricting skyscrapers to a maximum height equal to Mount Royal so as not to impede visually on the mountain's preeminence. To me, streetlife and a good flow are more interesting than trophy architecture...at all cost. Good architecture is what we should lookout for and criticize the schemes we don't like. Architecture is something we have to live with, we can't tune it out like a bad TV show or a loud commercial.

[mikeg19]

Bham1982... he's only talking modern building of mid heights... you're going off on other tangents such as historic structures.... subway lines and cobblestone streets.... don't see that in his comments anywhere... Yes in NYC from downtown to Midtown there are a huge amount of historic well built buildings.... but that's not his point....

Precisely. I forgot that speaking in generalities without MLA citations on this forumn gets your dick kicked in.

[Bham1982]

Bham1982... he's only talking modern building of mid heights... you're going off on other tangents such as historic structures.... subway lines and cobblestone streets.... don't see that in his comments anywhere... Yes in NYC from downtown to Midtown there are a huge amount of historic well built buildings.... but that's not his point....

Sorry, but no. 99% of the buildings in SoHo are not "modern buildings of mid heights". You could hardly pick a less representative neighborhood in the U.S. for that building typology.

It makes as much sense to say "Midtown Detroit will one day be Auburn Hills" as "Midtown Detroit will one day be SoHo". Both places, like most places on earth, happen to have some midrise buildings of somewhat recent vintage.

[mikeg19]

Sorry, but no. 99% of the buildings in SoHo are not "modern buildings of mid heights". You could hardly pick a less representative neighborhood in the U.S. for that building typology.

It makes as much sense to say "Midtown Detroit will one day be Auburn Hills" as "Midtown Detroit will one day be SoHo". Both places, like most places on earth, happen to have some midrise buildings of somewhat recent vintage.

Holy crap man. It was a blanket statement.

Midtown Detroit has some tall buildings, then there is a lull toward downtown in height, then Downtown has tall buildings. Midtown Manhatten has tall buildings, then there is a lull in height, then builds up again toward the financial district. Ya see what I'm getting at here????

In no way am I comparing building typology, exact geographic boundaries of the burroughs of NYC in relation to height, or any other crazy exactitude you'd like to expand upon.

[Gistok]

Holy crap man. It was a blanket statement.

Midtown Detroit has some tall buildings, then there is a lull toward downtown in height, then Downtown has tall buildings. Midtown Manhatten has tall buildings, then there is a lull in height, then builds up again toward the financial district. Ya see what I'm getting at here????

In no way am I comparing building typology, exact geographic boundaries of the burroughs of NYC in relation to height, or any other crazy exactitude you'd like to expand upon.

Your "intended" audience on this forum knows what your talking about... no point in trying to explain it any further....