05-16-2021, 11:43 AM
(05-05-2021, 04:29 PM)ac3r Wrote:(05-05-2021, 01:18 PM)westwardloo Wrote: I wish the downtown were surrounded with more of these stacked row townhouses. A modern version of This is the type of development I could see replacing the midrise buildings that were cancelled on Margaret Ave.
I'd love to see more contemporary row house developments as well. There's a decent looking project just outside of downtown called Victoria Commons off of St. Leger Street. There's at least 30 blocks of row houses there along with a couple mid rise condos. It's the perfect kind of urban middle housing we desperately need.
Strong agreement in principle, however in the specific case of that St. Leger development I think the row houses were not particularly well executed. Seems that half the battle with this mid-density developments is that either zoning rules or lack of imagination really miss a chance to build an inviting development.
I would absolutely love to see some strong European influence in duplex and row house designs that don't look like a cardboard movie set like these seem to me.