Massive West Palm condo approved

Click title for link to PB Post article. Excerpts:

The city commission Monday overrode staff recommendations and neighbors' objections in approving a 299-foot-tall condo tower for 1515 S. Flagler Drive, nearly three times as massive as the hurricane-damaged building it would replace.

Opponents urged commissioners to deny the proposal, which envisioned a building that on some sides has setbacks of 34 feet where city zoning codes call for 142 feet.

Proof of a different world view. I am hoping that it is somehow tied to building enough value on the property in order to take the existing building down. Perhaps it will never be built, but perhaps it will. I refer to West Palm Beach as the Land of Dragons - something beyond our horizon. Remember, Lake Worth is the yin to West Palm's yang.