{"id":7645,"date":"2012-03-19T12:00:19","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T19:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingvancouver.ca\/?p=7645"},"modified":"2012-03-19T10:41:14","modified_gmt":"2012-03-19T17:41:14","slug":"tonight-residents-association-mount-pleasant-community-forum-can-we-build-high-ndeisty-neighbourhoods-without-building-towers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/03\/19\/tonight-residents-association-mount-pleasant-community-forum-can-we-build-high-ndeisty-neighbourhoods-without-building-towers\/","title":{"rendered":"TONIGHT Residents Association Mount Pleasant Community Forum: Can we build high ndeisty neighbourhoods without building towers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7646\" title=\"March19_web4\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/March19_web4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"308\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>On Monday March 19, 6:45 \u2013 9pm<\/strong>\u00a0RAMP is hosting a Community Forum at<br \/>\n<strong>2881 Main St at 13th<\/strong>\u00a0(St. Patrick\u2019s Church)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic: Can we build high density neighbourhoods without building towers?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Are Towers necessary to achieve high density? Urban Design Specialist\u00a0<strong>Lewis N. Villegas<\/strong>says \u201cWe can build high density neighbourhoods in Vancouver without building towers.\u201d Lewis will present the new planning paradigm in a multi-media presentation entitled \u201cThe Density Fallacy\u201d.\u00a0<strong>Professor Patrick Condon<\/strong>\u00a0of UBC\u2008SALA will speak to the issue of exploring options to towers that are more resilient, affordable, and compatible with existing neighbourhood character. Speakers from RAMP\u2008will examine the\u00a0<strong>Rize Rezoning <\/strong>design before City Council at the ongoing Public Hearing;\u00a0<strong>alternate design scenarios<\/strong>\u00a0will be explored within the current C3A zoning.\u00a0<strong>Jim Lehto<\/strong>\u00a0will summarize the C3A zoning. Mr. Lehto formerly served the City of Vancouver as Downtown Development and Downtown Policy Planner; he holds a Bachelor of Architecture and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto and a Masters of Architecture and Urban Design from Harvard.<br \/>\nThe C3A zoning has been used in several recent projects in Mount\u2008Pleasant. Come join the discussion.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>Public Hearing<\/strong>\u00a0for the Rize rezoning reconvenes on\u00a0<strong>March 27, 7pm<\/strong>\u00a0at City Hall, speakers can still sign up. There\u2019s a lot more information on the Public Hearing\u00a0<a title=\"here\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rampvancouver.com\/item\/680\/public-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\u00a0and analysis at this\u00a0<a title=\"link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rampvancouver.com\/item\/826\/talking-points-public-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>About RAMP Vancouver<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em>The Residents Association Mount Pleasant (RAMP) is a non-profit coalition of volunteers who recognize the unique character of the community and strive to maintain this special neighbourhood. Recent rezoning applications threaten to significantly alter the complexion of Mount Pleasant, with large departures in height and density from currently permitted zoning. RAMP seeks to educate members of the public on the true impacts of proposed spot rezoning, and to work on maintaining a livable, affordable and human scale community.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday March 19, 6:45 \u2013 9pm\u00a0RAMP is hosting a Community Forum at 2881 Main St at 13th\u00a0(St. Patrick\u2019s Church) Topic: Can we build high density neighbourhoods without building towers? Are Towers necessary to achieve high density? Urban Design Specialist\u00a0Lewis N. Villegassays \u201cWe can build high density neighbourhoods in Vancouver without building towers.\u201d Lewis will<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/03\/19\/tonight-residents-association-mount-pleasant-community-forum-can-we-build-high-ndeisty-neighbourhoods-without-building-towers\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;TONIGHT Residents Association Mount Pleasant Community Forum: Can we build high ndeisty neighbourhoods without building towers?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6004,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[7635,750,12,7628,7630,7633,7634,7632,551,1032,7631,809,7629,214],"class_list":["post-7645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","tag-are-towers","tag-city-council","tag-city-hall","tag-downtown-policy-planner","tag-harvard","tag-jim-lehto","tag-lewis-n-villegas","tag-multi-media-presentation","tag-patrick-condon","tag-professor","tag-recent-rezoning-applications","tag-university-of-toronto","tag-urban-design-specialist","tag-vancouver-2"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>TONIGHT Residents Association Mount Pleasant Community Forum: Can we build high ndeisty neighbourhoods without building towers?  - Spacing Vancouver<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/03\/19\/tonight-residents-association-mount-pleasant-community-forum-can-we-build-high-ndeisty-neighbourhoods-without-building-towers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"TONIGHT Residents Association Mount Pleasant Community Forum: Can we build high ndeisty neighbourhoods without building towers?  - Spacing Vancouver\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On Monday March 19, 6:45 \u2013 9pm\u00a0RAMP is hosting a Community Forum at 2881 Main St at 13th\u00a0(St. Patrick\u2019s Church) Topic: Can we build high density neighbourhoods without building towers? 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