tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2014451593167123858.post8634025741960366830..comments2024-02-27T12:08:54.327-05:00Comments on Images of Centretown: Tuesday at City Hall: Tower on a postage stampCentretownerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03798054152996264061noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2014451593167123858.post-58057534370544581882011-03-08T00:05:39.724-05:002011-03-08T00:05:39.724-05:00Jayme - we're not saying no buildings downtown...Jayme - we're not saying no buildings downtown. We want the parking lots to be developed. The Centretown Plan encourages it. But the plan, as well as the zoning, encourages buildings that aren't so large that streetscapes become block-to-block walls of concrete and brick. If every site on this block were developed with this kind of building, you'd no longer get sunlight at the street level for most of the year, because they're so tall and so close to the lotlines.<br /><br />At least Charlesfort argues that he was redistributing the density of the existing zoning (though I'm skeptical of the math), so that there is still space for life to happen at the ground level.<br /><br />Remember that we don't go back home to some place in the suburbs at the end of the day. We live here, and we need parks, schools, daycares, grocery stores, and all the other amenities of daily life in our neighbourhood. We also need sunlight, fresh air, and streets that aren't wind tunnels.<br /><br />The existing zoning has more than enough room to meet and exceed the intensification goals of the City's Official Plan through development of vacant lots. The existing zoning, as well as the Centretown Plan, were also conducted with much more public input than any individual building application. Applications dismiss the zoning and the various community-supported plans to drop buildings in without any planning context like so many concrete middle fingers.Centretownerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03798054152996264061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2014451593167123858.post-60519448229000650722011-03-07T14:44:48.694-05:002011-03-07T14:44:48.694-05:00You can't have to both ways you can say no to ...You can't have to both ways you can say no to urban sprawl and no to building downtown its has to be one or the others.With that said could this project be better sure but work has to be done on both sides saying no will help no one.<br /><br />JaymeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2014451593167123858.post-38213577156192867932011-03-02T08:44:53.848-05:002011-03-02T08:44:53.848-05:00Is the city "out of control" or is it re...Is the city "out of control" or is it really that the city does not have the power to say no. Claridge also seems to be the slowest builder around. If these go up at the rate Lebreton is it will be years and years before completion.Ottawa bike guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15365339487504777098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2014451593167123858.post-89667509693069593642011-02-27T23:48:30.456-05:002011-02-27T23:48:30.456-05:00I agree that Place Bell is grotesque, but that'...I agree that Place Bell is grotesque, but that's on account of its dreadful street presence.<br /><br />What's grotesque about its height?WJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08070910923518931583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2014451593167123858.post-37128199068542955142011-02-26T12:55:57.672-05:002011-02-26T12:55:57.672-05:00thanks for reporting this one. seems really fooli...thanks for reporting this one. seems really foolish to build something on such a small lot!! this city is out of control. they need to smarten up and start saying NO. If they build that on that small land, it'll look ridiculous and cause nothing but trouble.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13875217731476155520noreply@blogger.com