Vision? No. Myopia and as a friend puts it, "Myopia with cataracts." Let's get rid of them, and support the Green Party, the only party that does not take money from developers. Let hope we have a complete wipe out of "Vision" in the next election and a removal of biased City staff.
The excuse that we need to densify because people are coming to the City is ridiculous. London, England has a far larger population than Vancouver and they do not have the highrises we do. They do however have a great transit system.... something that people with vision would work towards before considering densification. With a good rapid transit system densification could be moved to other areas.
Christian Steckler - 6 years ago
Vision Party councillors were the only ones supporting this proposal. This is the same party that makes decisions and calls them your “community plan.” This development is nothing compared to the decision to tear down existing high rises on Alberni Street and build a greater-than-40 storey spine along that street from Broughton to Denman; this comes with two 30-storey runs of high rises along Robson and Davie. The general downtown area, and the West End in particular, are already among the densest areas in North America. If density is so important, where are the high rises in Kitsilano, Point Grey, along Cambie, along Arbutus, and throughout the rest of the city? We do not have the infrastructure to deal with the dense population we have now. Cars can’t move much of the day along Georgia, Alberni, Robson and Denman as it is. Vision is deliberately blind to problems the density the party is creating because they are unduly influenced by developers. It’s time to turf them all from City Hall in the coming election. The projects they are approving are doing nothing for affordable housing. They are allowing developers to pocket even more billions while providing high-cost housing that suits money launderers well. They are destroying the unique character of the West End and the downtown area in particular, pretending to address the issue of affordability. They ignore the need for infrastructure to make density livable - transit, roads, parking, park and recreation facilities, policing, and so on. This will create a sociological mess as they pack people into smaller, tighter spaces. Watch social problems increase, costing more and more, making affordability even less attainable. The Vision Party doesn’t want to see you or your issues in trying to live in this city. Their arrogant complacency has become a disgrace. Let’s bring in Councillors that do not take funding from developers to finance their campaigns. Such candidates exist. Find them and vote for them.
wturpin - 6 years ago
A handful of irresponsible councilors should not be able to impose such a negative view in destroying the views of the population at large. All voting citizens of our City should be polled to make the final decision.
Susan Payne - 6 years ago
There's no way developers will build 'affordable rental' or 'affordable to buy' towers - view destroying or not - unless they're held to it by city government which it seems in Vancouver does not happen in any substantial way. So the issue is destroying the view corridors as mandated by the City itself. If city politicians will not uphold city policy then it seems the solution is to throw out the politicians- not the policy.
Jessica Gojevic - 6 years ago
It seems the majority of people hold the view of the mountains as more important than affordable housing. And people wonder why the world is the way it is now. Everyone wants to help so long as it's "not in my backyard". It's sad really. I don't believe downtown Vancouver is the place to put an affordable rental high-rise. However, I do not believe that because it may take away the views of the mountains. I believe that because I think it is impossible to have an affordable rental within Vancouver proper. People need to stop being so self absorbed and try thinking about others for time to time. Common courtesy, much like common sense, is no longer common.
Carol - 6 years ago
I don't know where the city council is getting their figures from, but there is no way I can afford to live in what they are calling "affordable rentals'. It's bad enough that they are blocking the views but they are building towers that few can afford to live in.
Chuck - 6 years ago
I am extremely saddened by the continued complacency of “Lower Mainlanders” and “Vancouverites” who sit back and do nothing about the developers and there continued destruction of heritage buildings and affordable homes!
Brian - 6 years ago
Lol... Although I’m opposed to development blocking the North Shore mountains it’s already too late. Having grown up in Vancouver the view we had began to disappear in the 60s when Mayor Tom Campbell approved hi rise development along Beach ave. , since then 80% of the North Shore mountain view has completely disappeared unless you live in a 2 million $ condo on the shoreline of coal Harbour. As Don Henley sings in the “ last Reort “ Paradise... kiss it goodbye!
Vision? No. Myopia and as a friend puts it, "Myopia with cataracts." Let's get rid of them, and support the Green Party, the only party that does not take money from developers. Let hope we have a complete wipe out of "Vision" in the next election and a removal of biased City staff.
The excuse that we need to densify because people are coming to the City is ridiculous. London, England has a far larger population than Vancouver and they do not have the highrises we do. They do however have a great transit system.... something that people with vision would work towards before considering densification. With a good rapid transit system densification could be moved to other areas.
Vision Party councillors were the only ones supporting this proposal. This is the same party that makes decisions and calls them your “community plan.” This development is nothing compared to the decision to tear down existing high rises on Alberni Street and build a greater-than-40 storey spine along that street from Broughton to Denman; this comes with two 30-storey runs of high rises along Robson and Davie. The general downtown area, and the West End in particular, are already among the densest areas in North America. If density is so important, where are the high rises in Kitsilano, Point Grey, along Cambie, along Arbutus, and throughout the rest of the city? We do not have the infrastructure to deal with the dense population we have now. Cars can’t move much of the day along Georgia, Alberni, Robson and Denman as it is. Vision is deliberately blind to problems the density the party is creating because they are unduly influenced by developers. It’s time to turf them all from City Hall in the coming election. The projects they are approving are doing nothing for affordable housing. They are allowing developers to pocket even more billions while providing high-cost housing that suits money launderers well. They are destroying the unique character of the West End and the downtown area in particular, pretending to address the issue of affordability. They ignore the need for infrastructure to make density livable - transit, roads, parking, park and recreation facilities, policing, and so on. This will create a sociological mess as they pack people into smaller, tighter spaces. Watch social problems increase, costing more and more, making affordability even less attainable. The Vision Party doesn’t want to see you or your issues in trying to live in this city. Their arrogant complacency has become a disgrace. Let’s bring in Councillors that do not take funding from developers to finance their campaigns. Such candidates exist. Find them and vote for them.
A handful of irresponsible councilors should not be able to impose such a negative view in destroying the views of the population at large. All voting citizens of our City should be polled to make the final decision.
There's no way developers will build 'affordable rental' or 'affordable to buy' towers - view destroying or not - unless they're held to it by city government which it seems in Vancouver does not happen in any substantial way. So the issue is destroying the view corridors as mandated by the City itself. If city politicians will not uphold city policy then it seems the solution is to throw out the politicians- not the policy.
It seems the majority of people hold the view of the mountains as more important than affordable housing. And people wonder why the world is the way it is now. Everyone wants to help so long as it's "not in my backyard". It's sad really. I don't believe downtown Vancouver is the place to put an affordable rental high-rise. However, I do not believe that because it may take away the views of the mountains. I believe that because I think it is impossible to have an affordable rental within Vancouver proper. People need to stop being so self absorbed and try thinking about others for time to time. Common courtesy, much like common sense, is no longer common.
I don't know where the city council is getting their figures from, but there is no way I can afford to live in what they are calling "affordable rentals'. It's bad enough that they are blocking the views but they are building towers that few can afford to live in.
I am extremely saddened by the continued complacency of “Lower Mainlanders” and “Vancouverites” who sit back and do nothing about the developers and there continued destruction of heritage buildings and affordable homes!
Lol... Although I’m opposed to development blocking the North Shore mountains it’s already too late. Having grown up in Vancouver the view we had began to disappear in the 60s when Mayor Tom Campbell approved hi rise development along Beach ave. , since then 80% of the North Shore mountain view has completely disappeared unless you live in a 2 million $ condo on the shoreline of coal Harbour. As Don Henley sings in the “ last Reort “ Paradise... kiss it goodbye!