I was told at some point that the Capitol was the tallest building in Austin, TX and that no building could be built taller, but this is apparently incorrect. Here's a link to the Austin, TX page of a cool website that has tons of info on skyscrapers. As you can see the Capitol is only #7 in Austin, and there are new tall buildings being built. Or you can go the main page and explore yourself.
Posted by ramk at May 19, 2003 12:54 AMThere was never anything that said buildings couldn't be taller than the capital; there was however a capital view corridor created. This simply says, that in certain corridors, buildings must remain below a certain height, in order to preserve capital views.
Posted by: Nicolas Scott at February 14, 2005 11:37 AM