Tony,I was never good at geometry or trigonometry, and I never studied
astronomy, so I don't know enough to be able to speak on this as an expert, so
I have a few questions. What are the formulae you used to come to these
conclusions? Wouldn't seasons of the year and Daylight/Standard Time variations
factor in? I do know that the Earth's axis is at a different angle to the Sun
during the different seasons, and that because the Earth's orbit is elliptical
and not circular, the Earth is at different distances from the Sun during the
different seasons. It would seem to me that these factors would come into
play in predicting at what angle a light source would hit an object, and
therefore the shadow that the object would cast, but then, like I said, I'm not
an expert. Karen > On Nov 12, 2007, at 9:27 PM, Anthony West wrote:> > >
Aside from traffic, the chief impact of "scale" when a highrise is > > placed
next to lowrise buildings is shadow.> >> > I paced off the 40th & Pine property
this evening. The space > > available for the highrise extension is a rectangle
that runs east- > > west, ca. 50' x 175'. So an 11-story building would cast a
> > relatively wide but short shadow at midday, a relatively skinny but > >
long shadow in the morning and evening.> >> > In the morning, its shadow would
fall on 6 three-story twins > > further west on the north side of Pine St. It
might reach the rear > > of some buildings on the east side of 41st St.> >> >
At midday, its shadow would fall on 8 three-story twins directly > > across, on
the north side of Pine St. It might reach as far as the > > backs of some
buildings on the 4000 block of Spruce St.> >> > In the morning, its shadow
would fall chiefly on the front windows > > of a multi-unit building on the NE
corner of 40th & Pine and on two > > old twins just north of it. It might
conceivably affect the rear > > windows of some buildings on the 3900 block of
Spruce St.> >> > -- Tony West> >> > ----> > You are receiving this because you
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