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Originally Posted by ajldub
I don't know, JP, I really just don't know how to enlighten you on the fact that the convent development is terrible.
I am glad you feel validated, though.
Why don't you answer me this: how is a wall built around a grade A heritage building a precedent for putting up a 12 storey condo in front of the building?
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Well, for starters, enlightenment is really just a matter of opinion. Therefore, neither of us is right and neither of us is wrong. You have your opinion and I have mine.
Thank you. That's good to know since I really care about what people say on the internet. /sarcasm.
How is it a precedent? Two things:
A) The wall obscured the building from the public eye. Let's be honest, the only reason people are raising a fuss about this building is because it has the word "heritage" attached to it even though many have never seen nor had anything to do with the site. Now, before you lop my head off about me not caring about heritage, I am all for protecting the beautiful historic buildings we have. However, if the heritage aspect is to be preserved but still removed from the passing gazes of drivers and pedestrians along Richmond by having a condo in front of it, I can't exactly find a reason to complain or oppose it. Although, I will lament the destruction of the garden...
B) Now for an entirely different precedent. I see a lot of parallels between the Sisters site and what happened to the Abbotsford House site in the Glebe. The only discernable difference is that Abbotsford House didn't have a wall and the arrangement of the site was different. The Abbotsford House site ran parallel to the major area road(Bank St.) whereas the Sisters site runs perpendicular to the major area road(Richmond Rd.). Lo and behold, the Abbotsford site has the following: preserved heritage aspect and increased density(albeit seniors residence) along an approved corridor that corresponds to the city's official plan.
Now let's look at the Sisters site and what is being proposed...
Well make me shout and call me John Baird; it's even LESS! The condo towers/seniors residence are shorter AND have setbacks, there is FAR more greenspace included, an active effort to bring people to the heritage aspect in question, preservation of the heritage aspect itself and increased density along an approved corridor that corresponds to the city's official lan.
THAT, good sir, is my precedent.