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Its new building, one of the last to rise in the neighborhood under zoning that allows taller buildings than are now permitted under a recent rezoning, is to contain 70 studio to three-bedroom apartments.

They must be on sites with enough room for larger replacements, and in neighborhoods where the zoning allows taller buildings, making it possible to both increase the size of the library and add on, say, 50,000 square feet of housing or perhaps 50 units.

The immense Ford Excursion, which weighs as much as three small cars and is so big that it allows tall drivers to look in the windows of school buses, already uses a rubber air deflector, located below and behind the front bumper, that is made from scrap tires.

British Columbia recently revamped its building codes to allow taller buildings to be made from wood, but still capped their height at a modest six storeys.

At a packed community board meeting last month, the Department of City Planning unveiled a plan that would basically allow taller buildings on wider streets but ban them on narrower ones.

Mr. Delfino's plan would allow taller buildings with more units, making it more profitable for builders in the downtown area, George D. Gretsas, the mayor's executive officer, said.

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But as the nation's capital becomes more crowded, there's been more thought paid to the possibility of changing the Height Act to allow taller structures in certain areas of the city.

Not that truly historic buildings can't be preserved -- allowing taller residential buildings in some areas of lower Manhattan will reduce the economic pressure to replace many other historic buildings worth preserving.

And if you time it right, you can watch the overnight opening of the bridges, which allow tall merchant ships to pass.

From the wall of industrial shelving – housing neat rows of hammers, chisels, gloves and goggles – to the way its west flank opens up, allowing tall statues out and the summer daylight in.