Yes, I can. It's a stupid complaint. Half the time, it's existing residents whining about newcomers to the neighbourhood. Their own building/house was apparently the last acceptable construction in the area. It boils down to a complaint about housing. Because if we don't build housing, that will solve our urban ills (rather than exacerbating them).
And why the heck do they think there are glass boxes popping up around them? In a city where so much of the land is designated and zoned to prevent anyone from building a glass box anywhere in that area? So are these people actually whining about condos going in an busy roads and higher-density areas? Are they really that delusional? Apparently so.
I agree w/what's being said here....BUT...
I do think while much of the criticism is of the stupid, narrow-minded and/or self-interested variety...........it's entirely possible to offer fair criticism as well.
It is possible to have substantial intensification and quality architecture.
It is possible to have condo towers (or mid-rise) yet preserve a more intimate streetwall/podium.
It is possible to have design variety and to preserve significant views.
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We certainly can not nor should we imagine any one person's view as sacrosanct.
But neither should we fail to ask, in a City situated on one of the Great Lakes......shouldn't that view be available to more people?
By which I mean, having proper consideration for view corridors, most particularly at street level (there are plenty of obstructions (Gardiner/Railway etc.) in the case of our Lakefront......but that I would argue was past oversight......where better choices might have been made.
Such consideration might have no baring on the view of any one condo owner......and that's fine, but we do give too little attention to the City's relationship to the Lake.