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Originally Posted by hfx_chris
The side that everybody always forgets about? I dunno. Is that even called Granville Mall? I thought the signs above the doors to the mall called it something different.
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Granville Mall is the street, not the shops.
Soooo the Roy Building? I Have to say, I hope it never gets built in its most current incarnation. It's too bloody high (never mind the aching aesthetic problems). Sure, the developer will say that they need the additional height to pay for the restoration of the historic parts, but if they were not allowed to build that high (and they wouldn't be if they weren't grandfathered in to pre-HRMbyDesign rules), then they would be forced to develop in a way that was considerate to the city first, rather than their pocket books. I would rather see the Roy Building torn down, with something new and modern and WELL SCALED AND WELL CONSIDERED built in its place, than see this awkward abortion of urban design.
To be clear though, I'd rather see the existing maintained, with a FEW additional floors on top.