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LocalLurker wrote:
Also for reference, is Herbert Street a separate development from John Street or another name for it?
If you're referring to the 23-floor apartment tower, I believe John Street is just another name for it.
The Charles St tower isn't a bad building at all. It's slim and attractive.
What I like most is the impact it'll have on that cluster of mid-rises which tend to form into one large mass when seen from the west and east; this tower will hopefully add a focal point to the skyline for that area, as the rendering of the view from Rumney Hill shows. When the other four-to-six mid-to-high-rises are built (if they're built, and I'm reasonably hopeful that at least two or three will be), Cardiff will have a nifty little skyline, and a very good one for a mid-sized British city.
Also, don't forget that the lower-rise buildings at Central Square, Capital Quarter and possibly Callaghan Square and the Dumballs Road site will add yet more density.