Which major world cities have a general height restriction on their buildings and what is the legal limit in each case?

Arpeggionist

In Jerusalem, Israel, former mayor Teddy Kolec Once had the idea of building skyscrapers. But after a few of the taller buildings went up (the best known is what was once the Hilton, today we don't quite know what it is), he decided against the idea. Today in Jerusalem the limit in most places is 10 stories. In some places it's even less than that. [Nov 10 04 1:40 AM] Arpeggionist writes: In Paris Gustav Eifel got himself into a lot of trouble when he built the tower because it was taller than the Notre Dame cathedral. Nov 09 04, 1:35 AM

lothruin

Well, I suppose no one would really consider Lincoln, NE a "major world city" per se, but there's a height restriction here. The state capitol building, one of the only ones in the US not modeled after the federal capitol building in DC, is about 16 full floors, plus an ornate dome and statue. No building in Lincoln can be taller than the state capitol, last I knew. Nov 09 04, 1:00 PM

SOTHC

The ruling in Washington DC is that no building is higher than the statue of Freedom on top of the Capitol Building Nov 09 04, 5:13 PM

Buck540

In Philadelphia all buildings use to have to be below the rim of William Penn's hat, who stands on top of the not very tall City Hall. Boy was that stupid! Ten years ago, about, they changed that rule, and now we have an exciting skyline. Now if we could convince people to pick up the trash... Nov 11 04, 9:46 AM