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Originally Posted by trueviking
I was on the design team...I can tell you without any hesitation, the 6 storey limit is to increase density, diversity, affordability and street activity...anything above six and you lose connection to the sidewalk.
the goal is to create a healthy urban neighbourhood and that is done with 6 storey and under buildings, not towers....
towers create a homogenous resident...rich people....because they are expensive to build and require high rents or sales costs to make work.
the pitfall of going after a 'target market' can be seen with waterfront drive....a thousand wealthy retirees is not a neighbourhood.....that's why it is a failure....a mixture of small buildings with all types of residents...that's a neighbourhood.
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missed this - very interesting and great points tv. Can't say I disagree, though I don't know much about this stuff. I look forward to seeing the final proposals and I have no doubt yours and others' hard work on this project will create something special
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re: the towers; I think the allure of towers can overshadow the realities of what makes a good public space, and many posters have chimed in with many great points over these last few pages - even if some of them are opposing viewpoints. Winnipeg has other parts of downtown that could be better suited to tower construction.
I'm sure we can all agree that anything resembling the initial study will be infinitely better than a water park hotel or 2 massive empty dreary parking lots