Development of Heritage Neighborhoods (Granville, Yaletown, Chinatown, etc.)

[Migrant_Coconut]

Originally Posted by BaddieB

Although in my opinion this should be the case in all neighborhoods, areas like Gastown and Strathcona should have simple guidelines that say all new buildings must faithfully mimic older architectural styles. People care about the neighborhood looking old, not that the individual bricks are from the 1800s.

This. Nobody's stopping developers from integrating brick cladding and cornices into every new tower.