The Seaport heights are capped at 20 stories due to FAA regs for airport flight paths. Incidentally, this is why the downtown towers are shorter than the ones in Back Bay, too. Given full freedom, the Seaport would definitely have more and varied heights.
The Seaport heights are capped at 20 stories due to FAA regs for airport flight paths. Incidentally, this is why the downtown towers are shorter than the ones in Back Bay, too. Given full freedom, the Seaport would definitely have more and varied heights.
Interesting. There's quite a difference between the downtown towers, which cap out at almost 700 feet, and the Seaport towers. I guess the latter are closer to the flight paths.
The Seaport heights are capped at 20 stories due to FAA regs for airport flight paths. Incidentally, this is why the downtown towers are shorter than the ones in Back Bay, too. Given full freedom, the Seaport would definitely have more and varied heights.
Interesting. There's quite a difference between the downtown towers, which cap out at almost 700 feet, and the Seaport towers. I guess the latter are closer to the flight paths.
Take a look: https://www.massport.com/sites/default/files/2023-09/bostonairspacemap_9-8.pdf
Flight paths are designed to avoid downtown, too, which had tall buildings by the time Logan got big...
Thanks.