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Originally Posted by OldDartmouthMark
Without going back and reviewing all the information in this thread, was there a solid, data-related reason for this not being a good location for this building? I am not in the planning/development industry, so as a layman (and HRM citizen), I'm wondering why so much of the city's resources have been used to fight this development, only to end up with a taller building than originally proposed. It makes little sense to me, other than to appease the desires of nearby residents.
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It is the same for any development over 3 storeys in height in this town - tall-building phobia. Your question really should be much broader and not site specific. Why does the much-vaunted Centre Plan limit height so stringently? Why has virtually every development agreement hearing bogged down into a parade of citizens decrying the proposals by saying "It's TOO TALL!!" and "We're not Toronto!!"? Why has so much tax money and staff time been spent over the years sawing off development proposals generally, not just the previous ones proposed for this site which went through an absurd process of proposal/counter proposal for years over a couple of floors that once built, nobody would have even noticed. It is unchecked planning theory run amok, fuelled in part by many militant urban planners in an oversized and poorly managed HRM Planning Dept..