West Village Concept Plan

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Another thing I found in the West Village ARP was this general policy for built form.

Modulating building faces in width, height and finishing materials to visually break up large building walls. The inclusion of smaller commercial retail units in the building facades of large retail tenants is encouraged

I don't know if this policy appears in other ARPs that we've seen in the past. If it does, I guess it's going to be just as hit and miss as it's been before. If it actually is something new, hopefully it will prevent the development of the terrible podiums that we've seen on Sasso/Vetro, Nuera, etc.. that just create a huge, rather uniform, street wall.

ARP Link: http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/planning/pdf/west_village/west_village_arp.pdf