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Originally Posted by S-Man
That Glebe headline is classic. Who'd a thunk it? Terrible, though - a 4-story, 17 unit building replacing a vacant 3-story building that used to house 47 tenants.
Will this overextremification never end? Doesn't the city know that Glebe resident's taxes go to a special "keep everyone away from our neighbourhood" fund?
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That's not really a fair comparison. The previous building was an old age home. If you look at the proposal, the new condominium does not fit the character of the street nearly as well as the previous building and does have a noticeably larger massing, though I think the architect did a very good job on the whole. I understand resident's objections, though I think it's probably a bit overwrought. The change isn't that extreme.