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Originally Posted by cabotp
 Which is why I didn't think the area around the Commercial-Broadway station is best for more density at this point in time.
Density doesn't have to mean tall condo towers. Prime examples of this are London and Paris. So sometimes there are more people in an area than what looks like there might be based on the building styles.
One thing that does make the Com-Broadway dense is because most of those people or families are on the lower income scale. Chances are they are going to be living in smaller places so more dwellings per sqkm. And they will more than likely have more people per dwelling. Hence a higher density of people even though the area doesn't look that dense. |
Yes, but it is the problem of the area:
socially defavorized neighborood + transit hub highlighting socially defavorized population make the neighborood and especially the transit station precinct not attractive:
there is little thing we can do to change the pattern of transit customer in short term but there is something we can do to mitigate the negative feeling proviied by it:
and it is increase density, with a la "citygate" (next to main) or "Europa" development (next to stadium) for one part
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Originally Posted by officedweller
One apsect is that Commercial and Broadway should be an office node, not just a residential node.
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very certainly, it is the best way to capitalize on a transit hub like Commercial#Broadway
(but don't forget either to bring some nightlife, either by residential devlopment, or appropriate commercial activities, like cinema...to avoid the deadzone effect at dark)
When I see this lowrise BCE building under construction on the NorthWest corner of the intersection:
I feel a huge missed opportunity to build something more in line of what we can witness on same corner of Cambie#Broadway
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