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Old Posted Mar 22, 2012, 5:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Hali87 View Post
The head of Polycorp got up and called out the complete disregard for economics in recent decisions and it seemed to be a bit of a wakeup call for some.
The "stop building all these fancy condos and start building affordable housing!" sentiment is sadly common despite being complete nonsense. It's good to hear that a developer is talking about it.

Heritage preservation efforts in the city are a mess. The idea that height restrictions will save heritage buildings is classic and totally wrong. Some developers are completely willing to tear down heritage buildings and put up cheap, stumpy replacements. Meanwhile, good projects like Barrington Espace suffer from the ill-conceived roadblocks. Height restrictions clearly are not the right tool for preserving old buildings. The city instead needs to do everything it can to encourage a combination of restoration and adaptive reuse, with a focus on preserving specific important building characteristics.

I wouldn't worry too much about the contradictions in the laundry list, because they clearly came from a bunch of different people. The important part is to make sure that the right items are weeded out.
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