Re: Re: who are the National Conservation and Heritage Group
johnglas wrote:
Paris is high-density, not high-rise
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Why is this nonsense trotted out all the time? Paris is _full_ of very tall buildings; they aren’t just in La Défense with a lonely Tour Montparnasse:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_de_Seine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italie_13
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B4tel_Concorde_Lafayette
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mercuriales
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_Pleyel
A couple of tips if you want to use Paris as a pro- or anti-highrise argument:
– Most of Paris’ very tall buildings are in three clusters; clustered highrises look better.
– Huge areas of Paris are built to a uniform height of about ten to fourteen stories; buildings of this height are ususally considered highrises in Ireland.
