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May 14 & 16, 2019 Public Hearing No public hearing is ever really boring, but the truth is this one should be a cakewalk compared to the applications that will be heard in June. Already, a proposal to add 21 rental homes in Shaughnessy has received over 700 pieces of correspondence (pg 32), most of... Continue Reading →
1940 Main Street I've noticed the members of the Urban Design Panel often appreciate when an applicant has a good story behind their design rationale. So I wasn't surprised they thoroughly enjoyed the homage the building's ABCs pay, not only to the old auto repair centre, but also to its badly needed childcare services. Though... Continue Reading →
1940 Main Street It has been awhile since Darren and I attended an open house at the Beaumont, and this time we expected to have the room largely to ourselves. Given the changes currently happening along Main Street, we assumed this 6 storey building, proposed under the Mount Pleasant Community Plan, would not draw much... Continue Reading →
5299 Main Street Even though it certainly deserves to be shared, recounting the tragic story of why this large area of Little Mountain has sat empty would take more time than sitting through an entire meeting of the Urban Design Panel. So, instead I'll just recap their reaction to the first market housing proposed here.... Continue Reading →
In an uncommon set of circumstances, there will be two public hearings this week. This first meeting could easily be described as the calm before the storm, as all the items are minor or easily supportable. Co-Housing on Main St, townhomes on Cambie, and Saving Kitsilano's Hollywood theatre shouldn't see any backlash. If anything, it... Continue Reading →
936 Main St Here is the second project from February 26's hidden UDP meeting. As the applicant introduced the project, they highlighted the building's location between the recently renovated American Hotel social housing, the soon to be built social housing at 950 Main St, and the nearby future St. Paul's Hospital. I assume this is the reason that only... Continue Reading →
155 E 37th Avenue (Little Mountain, Lot 2, Building AC) Here is my coverage of easily one the most visually appealing social housing proposals to grace the UDP in awhile. One of the panels first questions was if the Beech Tree in the model was actually to scale with the building; the answer was a straight forward yes.... Continue Reading →
This is one of the rare projects were my better half didn't join me, so it's just going to by my opinion reflected on this one. This was one of those weird open houses were the staff (city and applicant) far outnumbered the members of the general public most of the night. While I didn't get an... Continue Reading →
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