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Originally Posted by someone123
There are also a lot of historic buildings closer to Main; parts of it are architecturally as nice as Gastown but unappealing due to blight. It would be a shame for them to mostly be torn down for condos or turned into facades. Eventually I guess if nothing changes they will crumble and be lost.
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Who knows to what extent the "future envisioned context" is actually reflective of the City's plan vs. artistic license taken by the developer to justify the density they're hoping to achieve.
I'd agree that a more granular approach to intensification would be warranted here though. On a typical block between Main and Clark you have a smattering of nice old 5+ storey hotel-type buildings and ornate 2-4 storey brick commercial buildings interspersed with nondescript single-storey retail buildings, vacant lots, and other utilitarian or derelict structures. Filling in those gaps between the heritage buildings with contextually sensitive, 6-12 storey midrises would make it into a great urban street in a way that a canyon of anodyne towers would not - especially given the lack of any current or planned higher-order transit in the area.
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