High rise? To be or not to be… - a photo on Flickriver

            In recent years city officials in Helsinki have had a hard time with the future shape of the city. Helsinki’s skyline has for decades been dominated by a relatively low and an even roofline of short buildings and housing, except for the Evangelical Lutheran cathedral of the Diocese of course. But developers have been working on plans for much taller buildings. Several towering blocks are in the planning and pre-development stages. Some of them reaching 30 stories or more. But city’s alderman and councillors are still in doubt about if they want these big towers in the city center or the surrounding neighbourhoods.

According to a recent article from YLE, officials are considering a plan that would effectively ban all skyscrapers from the center city. The historic core of Helsinki has traditionally had a relatively low skyline, which is “one of the city’s strengths,” according to Helsinki City Planning Department.

Even in the areas surrounding the city center, high-rise buildings are rare. Most of the buildings in the city are under 20 stories. But the first 33-story tower proposal seeking a zoning alteration is causing city officials to think more carefully about just how high they want the city’s buildings to rise. Until now, Helsinki hasn’t taken a strong approach to planning where tall buildings should be located. Though no action has been taken on an outright ban on skyscrapers in the downtown core, planning officials are considering a plan that will give greater oversight to the location of new skyscrapers.

How high the city is willing to go remains to be seen…

Technical stuff
This pano consist of only 4 photos, which is relatively low for my understanding. This was possible due to the relatively easy landscape with not many curves and details in the foreground; except for the gull of course. At first I thought of the gull as a hinderance in making this pano. But it actually turnout quite good. The second version without it misses the ‘umph’ with regards to depth.

I merged the pano the PS CC. Post-production consisted of a mix of Aurora HDR 2018 and PS CC. This was concentrated on the lower part of the photo and not the sky. I actually downsized the effect in the original photos. Finally I added the copyright watermarks. The latter is, alas, there to stay due to the frequent copying of my photos. So, don't bother commenting on that.

Taken in: Suomi / Uudenmaan maakunta / Helsinki (show map)

Taken on: October 29, 2018

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