12-22-2016, 07:32 PM
(12-22-2016, 05:23 PM)dubya Wrote:(12-21-2016, 10:28 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: You just killed the proposal!
I was describing how to turn this into a well executed high-rise project in the way any world class city would have it built. Given the proposal calls for a given density and the builder has a profitability target, you can't cut away half the building without making it up somewhere. This is a giant Lego block and calling it good design because it has spandrel in droves doesn't sit well with me. I was not allowing the way Waterloo's small minded, protective bumpkins and their antiquated city council would like to build it influence my description.
Oh yes, you’re right, no argument here. I just saw “more floors” and saw headlines in the Record right away. I agree that often a taller thinner tower is actually better for the neighbourhood than a lower wider one … if only it would be allowed to be built. It’s weird what is prohibited, allowed, and mandated under modern zoning regimes.