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Originally Posted by trueviking
It should also be noted that high rise isn’t the only way to achieve high density. The new project on Osborne is an example. A 15 storey building tested for the site only had ten more units than the six storey that is going to be built. Six storey buildings can provide very high density and greater affordability. Like it or not, the economics of Winnipeg is 4-6 storey multi-family. Not high rise. We should be encouraging this kind of development as much as possible. It creates dense and high quality neighbourhoods.
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The city has been falling so short on building/encouraging density that its loosing ground. One step forward(six storey) 3 steps back by continuing to zone low/mid density in Osborne and near rapid transit stations.
That's why I see Bellamy and Rollins as complete Urbanism failures. Grade F because current zoning is NIMBYism. They should be doing everything possible to trash the current zoning and replace it with mixed use high density.
I started this thread then didn't engage till now because it makes me so angry to see Osborne as having not a single building I would consider living in and nothing on the drawing board. Grade F. Osborne is a time capsule from the 80s and is a now a stagnant NIMBY neighbourhood. It should be a fine example of what rapid transit walkable communities can do and fund future transit legs.