06-09-2016, 09:47 AM
(06-09-2016, 09:34 AM)panamaniac Wrote:(06-09-2016, 09:12 AM)Viewfromthe42 Wrote: Still, I was left with the feeling that a lot of people in the area have the mindset of wanting to be close to the amenities of downtown, but don't want neighbours that don't live the same as them (fake-itecture was something the developers and architects at my table lamented, but many other tables seemed to champion).
I'm so disappointed that I didn't know that this meeting was taking place. Your post and the article in the Record make the meeting sound like the first salvo in a coming battle between developers and the old SFH neighbourhoods of the core. I hope I'm wrong about that.
By the way, what is "fake-itchture"?
fake-itecture is when a building is designed to "fit into the existing neighbourhood" and goes out of its way to poorly imitate what its neighbours look like. While lots of heritage neighbourhoods will tell you all about how it's great that each house has its own story and personality, when it comes to a tall building, it often seems that no one wants it to have any identity or individuality at all, which is a bit weird.