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Originally Posted by Colin May
[Q It all comes down to people who live in the area not wanting change and getting too much attention for it.
Hopefully it'll go through at 25 and we can move on.
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The Haivens live in Schmidtville, Alan Ruffman lives in Fergusons Cove, Mike Bradfield lives close to Dal. Regular speakers at any 'tall' development hearing.
I prefer to speak only to a development close to where I live. I stayed away from the King's Wharf hearings.
Not many of the speakers were from the immediate area and the opinion of the Quinpool Road merchants organisation seems to have had a significant influence on the outcome. I don't care how much money APL makes, I do care about a good design in such a prominent location. Let Mr Armoyan build 35 or 40 storeys if he wants to take a gamble. Or perhaps he can buy up the rest of that block and build the 7-8 storey Parisian boulevards favoured by Bradfield et al.[/QUOTE]
Great points, Colin.
The big problem here is that it is ultimately becoming a race to the bottom. They set it at 20 story max and suddenly, in some location, that will be too tall the next time something gets proposed.
I'd love to have more 7-8 non-Clayton Park specials (meaning good design, not just short) covering empty lots, but Spirit Place couldn't even get approved on Windsor Street.
There is no debate here, it is just people that fundamentally want different things. The perception of 25 vs 20 stories is hilarious because it is not something that can be justified as right or wrong.
I'm more concerned about the proposal for the funeral home lot... the current building on the lot looked like a disaster last time I saw it (white vinyl siding) and it is a perfect place for height next to the Welsford (if one believes in more people on the peninsula).