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Intensification on Wellington St. West: not exactly as illustrated<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is the third of a multi-part series<\/a> that will follow environmentalists Chris Henschel and Allegra Newman as they share their first-hand experiences dealing with an intensification project directly affecting their own residence near Island Park Drive.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Before the holidays I attended a community meeting regarding the condo development behind our house. The neighbours had concerns about both this particular condo and the planned intensification of the broader Wellington West neighbourhood. Listening to my neighbours discuss their concerns, I realized that most people don’t know how urban planning decisions are made or how to get involved in contributing to such strategies as the community design plan.<\/p>\n

Also misunderstood is the idea of intensification. To most people at this meeting, the word intensification is a dirty one associated with tower blocks and the perceived ills that come with an area becoming more like “downtown”. What about the increased walkability of a neighbourhood that results from intensification? Wouldn’t we all like our neighbourhood better with improved transit and more services? The positive ideas behind intensification were not clarified by the City Councillor, Christine Leadman, although she did mention that intensification required better transit service to the area.<\/p>\n

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Now, back to the issue of the condo in our backyard. There is growing and extensive opposition to the planned use of Rockhurst, currently a back street<\/a>, as the entrance to the condo. I believe that there will be enough community pressure to force the City to put the entrance off of Wellington. The councillor is onside and I think with pressure from her, as well as a petition circulated through the community, the City will be forced to allow access to the site from Wellington. The architect had not yet considered what a revising of the entrance would do to the rest of the design so we will have to wait and see what impact this change will have on our house.<\/p>\n

Our focus will be mostly on making sure the design of the parking lot at the back, the building itself and the barriers are built to our requirements. Because the site is on bedrock it is almost impossibly expensive to build another parking garage story and this is why many larger developers have thought twice about building here. The property has been for sale for more than two years for this reason even though it is a prime location.<\/p>\n

Because we live directly north of the condo the loss of light is a major issue for us, as well as our neighbour to the west. It is noon in January and I am taking immense enjoyment the light streaming in our windows. The shadow studies for this date show that we will be in full shadow during this time of year.<\/p>\n

photo by Jim Trodel<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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