I found the
presentation to the HRM standing committee about this project.
What I find interesting (and is noted as DRAFT) is the urban character and structure map on page 24 of the presentation. If you look carefully, the draft concept has some interesting things to note:
- The area around the forum and where the recent high density application has been designated an 'urban centre';
- There appears to be some use of the Toronto Avenue's study ideas and many corridors area being suggested, such as Agricola, parts of Robie, Quinpool and Gottingen (I would note the residential behind Agricola appears to be preserved);
- Robie (including the car lot) has been suggested as an 'urban corridor';
- Connaught, Jubilee, the lower part of Quinpool, Windsor and Bayers Road appear to be designated 'neighbourhood corridor';
- The Dartmouth Bridge Terminal Area and near by appears to be an 'urban centre'; and
- Shannon Park is a Neighbourhood Corridor/Centre.
The presentation also notes that mid-rise forms would typically be in urban neighbourhood corridors, urban neighbourhood centres, urban corridors, urban centre and urban cores which
high-rise forms would only occur in the urban centre/urban core designations. Keep in mind, this is only
proposed.