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Originally Posted by Drybrain
It would be interesting if we could do this at a greater scale, but I imagine the costs are fairly high and the financial rewards lower than simply building to the permitted maximum, so it'll probably remain a rare and boutique kind of thing, unless there's some municipal strategy to do "character densification" or something.
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I feel like the public benefit must be there because the buildings that do have this kind of character are so popular, like the rows of colourful houses on Morris or Agricola. There just isn't much incentive for the owner aside from a desire to give back to the city or own a nice looking property.
I bet that some small competition to reward the top 10 new character renos or something like that would have an impact while barely registering in the HRM budget. Maybe there should also be an incentive and standards for wood siding and painting instead of vinyl. If half of the vinyl siding were replaced with nicely painted wood siding that alone would make a noticeable difference.
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