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Originally Posted by someone123
Yeah, it would be interesting to see some taller buildings in the middle of the city but outside of the ramparts-restricted area.
I think a few towers like this are more or less necessary for this part of town to work well, because there's so much open space, the existing neighbourhoods are fairly low density, and there are few opportunity sites to develop.
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Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse
I actually feel that we're getting to the point of having too much open space in the area. So the highschool that was beside the QE2 has bitten the dust and now there is a new one where the Bell Rd. NSCC campus used to be, while the highschool space seems to be emply, except for some sort of community garden or something. Robie has long felt empty due to being fronted by hospital parking and a cemetery on one side, and now Bell rd also feels rather empty. This is not a huge city we're talking about, and for such a large part of the inner city to feel so... vacant... is kind of a turn off for me.
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These are both good points. Hopefully the combination of this development plus the other one now going through its NIMBY feedback session a little further up, can help things.
I think the old high land needs to be developed too. While urban gardening is nice, it's right now a privilege for a few, that serves a few, and that is prime real estate that should and could be re-developed.