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> I notice that I haven’t noticed the skyscrapers, that they’ve seemed only natural. It’s a question of overall scale. And in any case, you can’t always walk around with your head turned up. A person can keep only so many floors in sight at once.

Just realised that this is happening in the centre of the city I live in. Quite a few 45 and 50 story towers going up, but from street level it is just buildings like the 10 story ones before.



The reason for this is the setback requirement. Once a setback is small enough, you can't see the full scale of the building, and you stop noticing.

Ironically, decreasing setbacks lets you build taller without making cities feel overwhelming.




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