03-12-2022, 11:24 PM
(03-12-2022, 06:20 PM)ac3r Wrote: That said, given that downtown has always had tall buildings, their argument against this project is junk. More so because they are wanting to protect an actual parking lot. But at the same time, it's possible to develop cities without the need for highrises and skyscrapers everywhere. European cities are a great example. Many of them have high density, but many also prevent the construction of tall buildings in order to preserve the historic fabric of the area. Our cities would need to reconsider zoning rules, but you can achieve high density without the need for towering buildings everywhere.
Really sincerely wish we could get more well designed mid-density in our city. It seems though, that the somewhat loose definitions of what qualifies for heritage, the breadth of "heritage communities" encircling downtown, and the vigour that anything new gets opposed, developers would just rather find the few larger parcels left and put the maximum they can get away with on each plot.
It feel like an admission to the NIMBYs that a proposal is a bit aggressive in height proposed just supports the idea that nothing should get built or that their reasons for opposition aren't far out of proportion to the actual impacts.
It is tiresome to hear people living in heritage carve out complain when the areas around them continue to grow up. That's the whole point! 22 Weber is a prime example on the biggest thoroughfare in downtown, right across the road from buildings of equivalent size.