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View Poll Results: Which 'historic' districts should be opened for dense (25+ Stories) development?
West End 'Villages' (Denman, Davie, Robson) 21 55.26%
Gastown 11 28.95%
Chinatown 16 42.11%
Yaletown Historic District 10 26.32%
DTES (Strathcona) 20 52.63%
South False Creek 24 63.16%
Granville Entertainment District 22 57.89%
Shaughnessy 17 44.74%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 38. You may not vote on this poll

 

 
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Old Posted Feb 24, 2025, 9:38 PM
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People wouldn't care if they thought the new building would look as nice as the old one does, but it won't. Nobody wants heritage plumbing or wiring and very few will put heritage furniture in their place, but new buildings just look worse than old ones, and that makes it hard for people to be happy when new buildings replace old ones.
Correct. Not to mention the amount of financing, creativity, skills and toil put into creating such a structure that could withstand the test of time if more attention were paid to its maintenance and care. It is truly irresponsible for the later generations to destroy it due to negligence and ignorance.
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