Evaluating Height-affordability Trade-off

The city commission will consider changes to downtown building rules that officials hope will draw condos that will sell in the low $100,000s and still be close enough for residents to walk to a downtown job. One of those changes would allow taller buildings downtown. "But the taller buildings will cast longer shadows on downtown pedestrians, a trait some planners say is out of character with some of the great cities of world, where a clear of view of the sky is treasured. And it may dump more traffic in congested downtown, though city officials say many people will need to drive less."