Breaking the 349 foot Cap...

[CorgiMatt]

I saw on TV recently that it's a myth that buildings are short in DC because they can't rise above the capital dome. The height restriction began when a neighborhood fought a proposed highrise and won, saying they didn't want residents of the highrise towering above them. The city decided then that buildings could be only so tall, and it had nothing to do with not towering over monuments or the capitol dome.

[distortedlogic]

Surprisingly, Greenville is on list, all the way down at 501, tied with a San Francisco Bay area town. Go Gville!

[krazeeboi]

I saw on TV recently that it's a myth that buildings are short in DC because they can't rise above the capital dome. The height restriction began when a neighborhood fought a proposed highrise and won, saying they didn't want residents of the highrise towering above them. The city decided then that buildings could be only so tall, and it had nothing to do with not towering over monuments or the capitol dome.

[Greenville]

Yep, that's true. I think the restriction is that buildings can only be as tall as the width of the street they front plus 10 feet.