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The D.C. Council has an opportunity to allow the District’s skyline to become as iconic as those of capital cities around the globe.

The city’s buildings now must conform to the 1910 Building Height Act and a slightly modified update that includes a new resolution on mechanical penthouses. While these modifications will have no meaningful effect on our skyline, the changes give the council an opportunity to revisit the issue and send legislation to Congress for further changes.

Sadly, it appears that, instead of seizing a moment to expand the District’s architectural horizons, the council will rubber-stamp Congress’s penthouse realignment language. This would prevent Washingtonians from considering not just the location of the skyline (should it be 40 feet or 90 feet or 130 feet above the sidewalk) but, more important, also the quality of the skyline.....Continue Reading

> via The Washington Post