ADob
Active Member
Honestly, I see something like this (again) and I wonder if maybe we just don't deserve nice things at all. Maybe all we deserve is tiny-windowed patchwork siding crap housing. I mean... Come on!
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constance_chlore
Senior Member
In the Edmonton Journal article, it said:
Does this mean the EDC actually does have some teeth?
I would again say that I don't expect the worst, since Stopgap's owner must know it would be disastrous for Stopgap to build something really ugly. But if it looks bad, I'll be ready to speak out.
Does this mean the EDC actually does have some teeth?
I would again say that I don't expect the worst, since Stopgap's owner must know it would be disastrous for Stopgap to build something really ugly. But if it looks bad, I'll be ready to speak out.
archited
Senior Member
Baby Teeth.
constance_chlore
Senior Member
Babies can bite hard!
archited
Senior Member
^ Then Old Man toothless (remembrance is more certain here).
policyenthusiast
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Tropical
Active Member
Any specifics you can share on that Wihkwentowin lot? Where?
fromyeg
Active Member
ADob
Active Member
"Alternative likely a dirt pile" says so much about our attitudes here.
David A
Senior Member
It does, but my bigger concern now is what will be built here. I realize one problem is we allow older buildings to deteriorate and then tear them down.
Some years ago, an older brick house in Old Strathcona was removed to build a condo building there. It was rebuilt almost exactly elsewhere, so this can be done instead of demolition if there is the desire.
Perhaps it is too late for that here, but I hope at least that what is built here fits in well with the historic character of the nearby buildings and does not look like some new suburban project out of place here.
ADob
Active Member
They did it beautifully with the Alberta Hotel, so yeah, it can be done. But the will has to be there.
constance_chlore
Senior Member
The sense I got from a friend who's a Wihkwentowin history fan and Stopgap regular is that the Armstrong House was beyond repair (within reasonable efforts). It's possible that Caleb might just be spinning up a self-serving narrative, but I'm not shocked given what it looked like just prior to demolition. It's a shame that the prior owner allowed it to get to that state. (I have no idea whether it could've been rebuilt or something like the Alberta Hotel.)
Glenco
Senior Member
Must watch. A lot of this discussion is relevant to us.
policyenthusiast
Senior Member
Southwest Edmonton neighbourhood considers banding together on land development contracts as infill plans carry on
Some 160 residents in a southwest Edmonton neighbourhood appeared at a presentation on restrictive covenants that would limit property development Wednesday evening, despite recent city council moves to rejig infill bylaws.Organizers of a meeting at the Royal Gardens Community Hall say many residents seemed interested in asking the city to “slow down” its infill plans as the reality of developments in the neighbourhood have not met their expectations.
“We want to have some guidelines for the neighbourhoods that we live in,” said Doug Smilski, part of the organizing committee for the Wednesday night information session.
A restrictive covenant is a contract between two or more homeowners which would restrict redevelopment on their land and dictate how a new building may look or how big it can be, beyond city zoning requirements.
It’s then registered with the Alberta Land Titles office and runs with the land, meaning each subsequent owner is bound by it until the majority of title owners agree to break it.
archited
Senior Member
^ a kind of creeping HOA.