(04-14-2022, 07:53 PM)ac3r Wrote: No clue, but I've heard talk that Giant Tiger may be opening in the now closed Walmart at Stanley Park Mall. Perhaps there's something happening at the existing one if soil samples were being taken and Giant Tiger indeed has plans to move over to Stanley Park Mall, which would be a much more lucrative location.

(04-18-2022, 10:46 AM)Joedelay Highhoe Wrote: It's also sad because all of the buildings on that block likely constitute "affordable housing," which any new development would certainly not.

(04-21-2022, 09:19 PM)ac3r Wrote: NIMBYs who totally want to see intensification, density and have new neighbours in the neighbourhood successfully prevent all of that by stopping a modest 4 floor building from being constructed at 234 Frederick Street because it's somehow too much for the area unlike the 16 floor building literally right beside it: https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2022/04/21/kitchener-committee-of-adjustment-rejects-four-storey-condo-proposal-in-central-frederick-neighbourhood.html

(04-22-2022, 09:14 AM)Joedelay Highhoe Wrote:

(04-21-2022, 09:19 PM)ac3r Wrote: NIMBYs who totally want to see intensification, density and have new neighbours in the neighbourhood successfully prevent all of that by stopping a modest 4 floor building from being constructed at 234 Frederick Street because it's somehow too much for the area unlike the 16 floor building literally right beside it: https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2022/04/21/kitchener-committee-of-adjustment-rejects-four-storey-condo-proposal-in-central-frederick-neighbourhood.html

Whoever voted "no" on this project should be fired and banned for life from any position of authority.

(04-21-2022, 09:19 PM)ac3r Wrote: NIMBYs who totally want to see intensification, density and have new neighbours in the neighbourhood successfully prevent all of that by stopping a modest 4 floor building from being constructed at 234 Frederick Street because it's somehow too much for the area unlike the 16 floor building literally right beside it: https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2022/04/21/kitchener-committee-of-adjustment-rejects-four-storey-condo-proposal-in-central-frederick-neighbourhood.html

(04-22-2022, 07:34 PM)Acitta Wrote:

(04-21-2022, 09:19 PM)ac3r Wrote: NIMBYs who totally want to see intensification, density and have new neighbours in the neighbourhood successfully prevent all of that by stopping a modest 4 floor building from being constructed at 234 Frederick Street because it's somehow too much for the area unlike the 16 floor building literally right beside it: https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2022/04/21/kitchener-committee-of-adjustment-rejects-four-storey-condo-proposal-in-central-frederick-neighbourhood.html

Looking at satellite view on Google Maps, the space does look tiny. I am sure that the two neighbours behind with the swimming pools are not happy about potentially losing their privacy.

(04-23-2022, 01:51 AM)danbrotherston Wrote:

(04-22-2022, 07:34 PM)Acitta Wrote: Looking at satellite view on Google Maps, the space does look tiny. I am sure that the two neighbours behind with the swimming pools are not happy about potentially losing their privacy.

What privacy! There is ALREADY a 20 story apartment building across the street, you're saying a 4 story building will reduce privacy compared with a 20 story building?! And a 2 meter difference in setback won't change it much anyway. I don't CARE if they're happy about it or not, if they wanted to have an empty lot next to them, they should have BOUGHT that lot...because the idea they should have control over who lives next door to them is offensive.

But people need to stop looking at satellite views because they do not actually explain the experience of being somewhere. I've been in...I dunno...two dozen Dutch homes in the past month (and no, I still haven't managed to rent one :'( ). Not one has been under 3 stories, and most are taller.

The setbacks these homes have from adjoining properties is measured in millimetres, yet while *IN* those back yards, it's hard to even notice nearby buildings. This really isn't the pedophile apocalypse that NIMBYs seem to believe.

(04-23-2022, 02:35 AM)Acitta Wrote:

(04-23-2022, 01:51 AM)danbrotherston Wrote: What privacy! There is ALREADY a 20 story apartment building across the street, you're saying a 4 story building will reduce privacy compared with a 20 story building?! And a 2 meter difference in setback won't change it much anyway. I don't CARE if they're happy about it or not, if they wanted to have an empty lot next to them, they should have BOUGHT that lot...because the idea they should have control over who lives next door to them is offensive.

But people need to stop looking at satellite views because they do not actually explain the experience of being somewhere. I've been in...I dunno...two dozen Dutch homes in the past month (and no, I still haven't managed to rent one :'( ). Not one has been under 3 stories, and most are taller.

The setbacks these homes have from adjoining properties is measured in millimetres, yet while *IN* those back yards, it's hard to even notice nearby buildings. This really isn't the pedophile apocalypse that NIMBYs seem to believe.

The 20-story building doesn't overlook the two properties with the pools. It overlooks a low rise apartment building. I am not saying I care about them. I was just pointing it out. It is a small site, and it seems to me that there would be not much space between the building and the other properties, which would probably concern the homeowners.