rampant development Archives | Ouno Design https://ounodesign.com/tag/rampant-development/ Fri, 06 Apr 2012 01:08:52 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 On Rize (Or Forcing A Luxury Highrise On A Neighbourhood That Really Doesn’t Want It) https://ounodesign.com/2012/04/05/rize-vancouver-opposition/ https://ounodesign.com/2012/04/05/rize-vancouver-opposition/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2012 01:08:52 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=13818

UPDATE: This disastrous, precedent-setting development was passed by our City Council, dominated by supposedly “green” Vision Vancouver, in a 9-1 vote.  It was not sent back to design; only vague requests to the developer to make it smaller and less ugly were uttered.

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I had a fit of morbid laughter when I saw this redevelopment banner today. The graffiti could be its Greek chorus. Do you think the condo developer actually bothered to read The Iliad before naming a building after it?

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