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Controversial Vancouver Chinatown condo development approved by development board
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this post was submitted on 28 Jun 2023
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Came here to see why it was rejected before
Oh, so NIMBYs aren't just rich bitches. Gotcha.
Hey look. There's more people all the time. Housing will need to get more dense or we'll have to start eating our friends. YOU'RE GONNA GET TALL BUILDINGS.
... we get with tall buildings.
the only mistake here is that the ground floor doesn't blend perfectly to a cultural-appropriation level of blending, which seems to be the minimum acceptable level AND also probably offensive. And that they could've put another 40 storeys on top.
I don't understand this obsession with 'architectural disconnect' argument, who cares if it doesn't look the same as the surrounding buildings. It's just another tool for NIMBY's to use to shut down progress, personally I love it the mix and match of buildings architecture, it makes traveling through cities visually interesting! I don't want this strange suburban hell where all buildings are copy-pasted all over the place, let your areas have some variety
do liminal spaces bother you?