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We absolutely would not need eminent domain. The city is full of tenantless low-density buildings close to transit hubs where the owners would voluntarily build
by raldi 9y ago
We absolutely would not need eminent domain. The city is full of tenantless low-density buildings close to transit hubs where the owners would voluntarily build six-story apartment buildings if we allowed them to.
(If they wouldn't, then why did it need to be forbidden?)
- closeparen 9y agoOf course they would build six story buildings if we allowed them to. But why would we stop them at six stories?
- raldi 9y agoI'm saying, whatever height you want, there's no need for eminent domain. Plenty of landowners want to build.
- closeparen 9y agoAppeals to Paris and vast tracts of six-story apartments as an alternative to high-rise construction are dangerous because they create the illusion that a six-story height limit is okay. If we could build the whole city over again tomorrow, it might be. Today, recognizing the reality that most existing low-rise structures are in it for the long haul, when there is an opportunity to build, every floor counts.