I could do this for weeks, there are hundreds of public spaces, private residence and offices that will have their views, blocked and shadows cast across their property from sunrise to mid-day. Look at the Victoria street photo ...you can't see the top of the existing Fortis Building. That means its current elevation rises to the level of Queens road where I was standing for this photo. The proposed new building with another 4 stories or 15 metres which would make it roughly the same elevation (above sea level) as Military Road.

People dismiss "The View" as a valid argument in the development debate but a house, apartment or office with a great view of the harbour, the narrows or Signal Hill certainly carries a bigger price tag than one that doesn't. Ask any real estate agent. They certainly use it as a feature in their sales features.

If a persons property is devalued by the actions of a "neighbour" can the property owner seek damages?

While standing at the beginning of The Battery a man stopped while I was taking pictures and asked what I was doing. I told him. He said, "I live over there. The only good thing about that new building is that it will block my view of Atlantic Place." Reminds me of a joke I heard in Warsaw, Poland. Locals say the best view of Warsaw is from the Stalin Building ...because you can't see the Stalin Building from there.

Don't waste you Kraft Dinner money on journalism school. Here is all you need to know to be a TV reporter ...with apologies to my TV reporter friends :^)

I'll try for some street views next week ...gl

The proposal from Fortis Properties to build a 15 story building on Water Street in St. John's and demolish historic buildings in the heritage zone of downtown drew fire almost immediately. It is so far beyond the city's development plan and heritage regulations you can't help ask why bother?

CBC did a pretty good job dropping the new Fortis buildings into the view from The Rooms. Kudos to the Photoshop Jockey. I thought I would see what it would look like from other parts of the city. Instead of photoshopping the artists concept into a photo I thought I would like to simply see how it would block out the views. This way you can see what is behind. Scale is accurate in the faded down areas. There is no doubt this building would be the biggest thing in the sky.

...here is the film for you.