Fake Tallest US Building Too Tall For CC

A bunch of news stations covered the zoning proposal for the super tall American Commerce Center (slightly edited rendering, above), which would soar to a height of 1500 feet. Brad Maule notes that — in a shocker! — the news stations actually got it wrong, since there are towers in New York and Chicago currently being built that would be taller.

Anyway: Let’s get to the big quote from everyone’s favorite state senator, Vince Fumo.

State Sen. Vincent J. Fumo, the Philadelphia Democrat in whose district the tower would be built, called yesterday for an “end to spot zoning.”

“This is totally out of scale with the rest of Center City,” he said.

An end to spot zoning, indeed. Skyscrapers aren’t meant for Center City, silly! (Don’t worry, Comcast, there is no tenant lined up yet. Your tower is probably safe.)

Zoning proposal introduced for “tallest building” [Inquirer]