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Originally Posted by jlousa
Coldrsx is completely right the viewcones are one of the best things ever implemented by city council. People may only seem them as providing views from a few set points, but fail to realize that working backwards those cones allow sunlight to enter across the core from the south. It was completely unintended but has done wonders for livability in our core.
Sprawl will happen regardless with a growing population, you could build hundreds of additional 60storey towers and you would still have people buying sfhs out in Ladner/Maple Ridge/Panorama Ridge etc different market completely. We aren't HK, if you eliminated sfhs in the region somehow, you would see a significant portion of that segment of the population leave.
The city is not short sighted people, our view cones are copied world wide for a reason. I understand this is a skyscraper forum, but urbanism is much more important. Take any of the cities that are on top of the most liveable lists and see how they fare skyscraper wise.
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I do agree that the view cones have had a very positive side effect in the amount of light in the core, but there are some areas where the view cones hinder development where the effect on the amount of light on the street level would be minimal. I'm specifically thinking about the area from Seymour east on Georgia street. It is so wide open and it would be fantastic to have some landmark buildings along that corridor.
This discussion should probably be moved to the hight limit or view cone thread.