Evaluating Height-affordability Trade-off

City to consider allowing taller buildings in exchange for more affordable housing downtown.

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January 22, 2004, 8:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

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."

Thanks to David B. Bookless

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