I live on Ellen and Victoria and Graham have come up to me a few times to get me to sign the petition. I don't think the height is a valid complaint, though the property buffer, maybe (although I am not personally against it, I can understand how those whose properties butt up against the development would be).
However, I think k the device has already taken a tremendous amount of effort to design a development that would fit in well with the surroundings. Considering its designed to LOOK like a heritage building, that's above and beyond what most developers would do. If these were individual houses going up that close to the property line, I doubt people would be making such a fuss - it's only because "the man" wants to build something rather than an individual homeowner that people have decided to come out as "Yeah! Fuck the man!"
I find it interesting that they say they support higher density, but are against both a larger footprint And taller buildings. Where should the density come from then? Build multiple basement levels? Sounds like NIMBYism to me.
However, I think k the device has already taken a tremendous amount of effort to design a development that would fit in well with the surroundings. Considering its designed to LOOK like a heritage building, that's above and beyond what most developers would do. If these were individual houses going up that close to the property line, I doubt people would be making such a fuss - it's only because "the man" wants to build something rather than an individual homeowner that people have decided to come out as "Yeah! Fuck the man!"
I find it interesting that they say they support higher density, but are against both a larger footprint And taller buildings. Where should the density come from then? Build multiple basement levels? Sounds like NIMBYism to me.