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> Vancouverism has taken over much of the city There are plenty of towers downtown but the rest of Vancouver (i.e. most of the city by land area) is still zone
by ripley12 4y ago
> Vancouverism has taken over much of the city
There are plenty of towers downtown but the rest of Vancouver (i.e. most of the city by land area) is still zoned for suburban levels of density: https://twitter.com/Scott_dLB/status/1599177703466610688 https://twitter.com/Scott_dLB/status/1599177703466610688
- seanmcdirmid 4y agoThere are towers outside of downtown. In the 90s, I marveled at Vancouver's density compared to Seattle. But I guess it is a matter of perspective.
- ripley12 4y agoThere are a few, but the vast majority of Vancouver’s residential land still bans apartment/condo buildings of any height: https://twitter.com/GRIDSVancouver/status/640544192045826049 https://twitter.com/GRIDSVancouver/status/640544192045826049
- seanmcdirmid 4y agoYa, I've been to a few residential areas in Vancouver, the same is true in most cities (definitely Seattle). I get focusing towers in areas where the density can be supported, but at the same time we need to incrementally allocate more area for tower construction.
- vkou 4y agoThe majority of the land is low-density, but there are condo forests that have popped up over the last twenty years at ~every SkyTrain station, both in the city proper, and in its suburbs. Each of those condo forests house more people than the mile of suburban housing surrounding them.
- ripley12 4y ago> ~every SkyTrain station I would say maybe half of the stations, but otherwise agreed.