Officials are sparring over skyscrapers in downtown Boston.

"It's where height makes some sense," said Boston Mayor Michelle Wu.

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"Gambling away the future of downtown Boston is irresponsible," said Rishi Shukla with the Downtown Boston Neighborhood Association.

A zoning proposal titled "Plan: Downtown" heads for a Planning Department Board of Directors vote this week, aimed at opening the skies of Boston for development with the goal of addressing Boston's housing crisis.

"This is about having a framework and a set of rules that will finally apply in a way that can unlock the investment, but also the conversion of an area into a more residential neighborhood," said Wu.

But critics fear opening the door to upward

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