Right in front of spot fool briefly recalled to see highest points of surrounding buildings (8)

'see highest points of surrounding buildings' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'right in front of spot fool briefly recalled' is the wordplay.
'right' becomes 'r' (abbreviation).
'in front of' means one lot of letters go next to another (some letters go in front of others).
'briefly' means to remove the last letter.
'recalled' says the letters should be written backwards (to recall can mean to bring something back).
'spot'+'fool'='spotfool'
'spotfool' with its last letter taken away is 'spotfoo'.
'spotfoo' back-to-front is 'ooftops'.
'r'+'ooftops'='ROOFTOPS'

'to' acts as a link.

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