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Originally Posted by OldDartmouthMark
I assume this pic was taken from the library?
If so, then it's a great illustration for what everybody has been suggesting - maintain the façade and other interesting parts of the building such as the entranceway, etc. (there are some cool elements inside - see this site: http://halifaxbloggers.ca/noticedinn...ites-the-dust/ ). Build low on the Citadel side to preserve that view, build high on the other side where the view is not so important.
Significant part of the building saved, view preserved, interesting and viable building is built - everybody wins. |
Go post that over here and see what they say.
https://www.facebook.com/viewfromhal...brary/?fref=ts
I wonder if the response will be uniformly negative due to the viewplane issue, or if some debate would actually ensue.
The reality is (and I'd hope reasonable people would see it) that this is the only possibility for preserving the library view. And if there's any hope of this compromise happening, it's time to push the idea aggressively. Larry Haiven et. al. can coimplain as much as they want, but Westwood can build this as-of-right. If the city is unwilling to make a one-off exception to raise the east-side height limit in order to salvage the view and the building, they're not going to make a one-off change to lower the height limit for the west side.