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Originally Posted by Galaxy
I agree with Freddino! The Surrey downtown setbacks and street grid, as well as the width of road space all, contribute to a more suburban feel compared to say downtown Vancouver and other Major city cores. Narrower roads, towers closer together, and built form that would be right to the curb would all help to create a more urban form.
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I think larger sideways and smaller roads, which is what is going on now in the city centre, is much more representative of what a future downtown will look like and should look like.
We need to take back space for the pedestrian. For the past century we've always given the car the ROW and space.
We are incredibly early on in the development of this new downtown core. Anything even close to a full build out will be at least 50 years from now. The spacing between towers will fill out over time.
Once all the large parcels are developed, we'll really begin to see a more tight-knit grid with smaller lots being developed with density.
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