Her neighborhood? I wouldn't even walk around there at night because it still sketchy as shit due to the empty lots and incoherent, dark alley, nature of everything. Its a bit better near the hydrostone, but just marginally.
If a nice tall building with alot of people was built on this lot, I would feel more secure that somebody would come to my aid if something were to happen. At this point I don't even see people walking around here hardly at all during the evening... which is somewhat indicative.
This is beyond NIMBY, this is BANANA tactics. I'm sure we'll find out that this person is involved with some group that doesn't like development, I'll guess enviro-people. Ah, did all of them skip the chapter on the benefits of density... oh, I forgot, height is for evil capitalists who want to build pipelines.
The argument for NOT building this is weaker than actually allowing the ugly buildings on certain parts of Robie, south of Young / north of North, to continue to stand.
http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=Young+S...,91.79,,0,-2.9
These two converted houses are absolutely eye gougingly ugly. Halifax should focus on the way our landscapes look and are organized, the height is really secondary. I'm not down for bulldozing neighborhoods, but this area of the city is hardly a neighborhood in certain parts along here, its more like an industrial wasteland of lots that need to be converted to high density developments so we can solve our public transportation and other issues.
But... I'm pro development, so I guess I'm wrong... These wingnuts don't even know how to solve the very problems they face. Hilarious to me... Halifax will eventually prevail and these chumps will act like they were part of the solution.