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Written by:host
5/15/2009 1:28 PM 

Skyscrapers splitter local politicians  

May 14, Stockholm

The inner city of Stockholm has a low silhouette, where mostly towers and spires visibly emerge in the skyline. Stockholm does not have any skyscrapers, i.e. houses over 100 meters height, as they are specified by international definitions. But when Kristina Alvendal of the Moderate Party (liberal conservative) became City Commissioner responsible for urban construction in Fall 2008, she said it was “kind of outdated” to let church spires be the tallest building in Stockholm...more

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