04-18-2022, 10:27 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-18-2022, 10:28 PM by cherrypark.)
(04-17-2022, 10:21 PM)nms Wrote:(04-17-2022, 06:48 PM)Lens Wrote: Why do cities allow giant empty walls to be built in 2022?As has been mentioned elsewhere, cities actually have very little control over the visual esthetic of the building.
Visual aesthetic perhaps, but there is nothing subjective about changing by-laws to not allow designated roads to have zero street level engagement. The problem is not necessarily the giant empty wall itself, but that an entire block off the Main Street of your downtown is permanently dead.
Maybe there is an argument there are not enough commercial tenants to fill the space, but that seems counter to the huge influx of bedrooms such a development is bringing with it.