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Re:How the super-rich are digging down in London by Balgair on Sunday May 13, 2018 @08:16PM (#17061804)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGXbiSwcqtM

Tom Scott on the 'Protected Views' or 'Sightlines' of London. It explains some of the legal issues about heights in London.

TLDW (even though is 3 frickin min. long): You have to be able to see St. Paul's (and have nothing behind it) from a few special vantage points. Something he didn't mention is the issues about London vs. The City of London, which also affects building heights, though less so.

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Re:How the super-rich are digging down in London by baud147258 on Monday May 14, 2018 @10:26AM (#17065797)
Regarding limited building height in a capital city, my brother worked on a refection/reconstruction project in Paris (just next to the local Google office, near St-Lazare train station). They removed all the insid of the building, but they left the roof in place, because if they removed it to rebuild it, they would have to rebuild it lower (3 meters I think).
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