What's your view on Riviera Tower skyscraper in Athens?
Posted by mikebuba@reddit | AskBalkans | View on Reddit | 11 comments
Many years when I visited Athens, a tour guide told us there is a law no building in Athens can be higher than the Parthenon. So that from each part of the Athens, the Parthenon can be seen as a landmark.
Now Riviera Tower will be 200 meters (50 stories) high which is higher than Parthenon.
How did this got approved? Was there really a law about the building height and was it overruled?
Icy-Buyer-9783@reddit
I find it funny that in a city that has ugly buildings, graffiti and trash everywhere people complain about a tower. Clean up your streets first, don’t block handicapped sidewalks with vehicles and then we can talk about that tower.
historydude1648@reddit
we arent allowed to dislike both?
Icy-Buyer-9783@reddit
Of course, it’s just that there’s a sudden uproar about this tower and how it ruins the “beauty” of the city.
Same_Actuator8397@reddit
if anyone lived directly on the ocean then the riviera tower would obstruct the view...
Lvl100Centrist@reddit
Looks like fucking dogshit. But I like the symbolism: A shitty building infront of the Parthenon for rich foreigners to buy shitty appartments. The perfect metaphor for Greece
Degen5@reddit
I like it too, I think it tells a lot about where Greece is heading.. all for the views and to convince the small minded that they live in a developed country.
PckMan@reddit
There is a height limit though the Acropolis thing is an urban myth. The tower is right on the seafront so technically not obstructing anyone's view anyways.
It got made because a really bug company owned by a really wealthy and powerful family wanted to make it so they got permits. Rules are for peasants.
Whole_Check_3038@reddit
It can still be seen guys we haven’t become Dubai neither Qatar, chill
XenophonSoulis@reddit
This is incorrect. The hill of the Acropolis and the Parthenon aren't quite high enough to be visible from every part of Athens, even if Athens was flat as a pancake. Add to this the elevation changes, hills and mountains, and there's no chance this is happening. It's a common talking point, but it is physically impossible.
seanugengar@reddit
spaceninj@reddit
The area was designated as a "Special Urban Zone" to allow them to do it.
Basically it's an exemption. It's far enough that it doesn't matter, but I do worry about the slippery slope it could start.