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Vancouver city council approved a plan Tuesday for a new downtown tower that opponents say will block part of a long-protected view of the North Shore from the slopes that descend down to the south shore of False Creek.

In an amendment presented just before Tuesday’s final vote, Coun. Raymond Louie from Vision Vancouver called for the tower to be approved only if it is 100 per cent rental housing.

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Vision councillors said they were wary of the original plan for the tower, but Louie’s amendment apparently changed opinion.

“(Louie’s amendment) makes things more palatable,” Mayor Gregor Robertson said.

The amended plan was approved in a 6-3 vote, with all five Vision councillors along with Robertson voting in favour. Non-Partisan Association councillors George Affleck and Melissa De Genova and Green councillor Adriane Carr voted against.

Two NPA councillors, Hector Bremner and Elizabeth Ball, excused themselves from the vote.