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Trinity Church and The Contemporary Dwarfing of Historic Structures
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Trinity Church and The Contemporary Dwarfing of Historic Structures

Height in the built environment is relative. A tall building at the center of a major city today is quite a different idea than a tall building was a hundred years ago. As a city grows, taller buildings will get built throughout time, and the meaning of tall gets taller with them. Buildings once considered tall get overshadowed by more contemporary structures.

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