- 1. The Clock Tower and Civic Vandalism
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- ... on. Density is way over the top Now the Town's planners are on to Newmarket's Official Plan. They focus on density and scale and such matters. We learn: "The Historic Downtown Centre designation permit ...
- Created on 18 November 2016
- 2. Bob Forrest’s “Project Landscape”
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- ... the new commercial/residential building seeks to balance the complementary interests of increasing density while preserving heritage character as best as possible.” (My underlining) By-law amendments ...
- Created on 02 October 2016
- 3. The Clock Tower project could be morphing
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- ... been tweaking again. Ongoing discussions I am told there have been “ongoing discussions” with the applicant’s heritage consultants on the massing and density but no formal version can be shared with ...
- Created on 28 September 2016
- 4. Who are the voters in Ward 5?
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- ... that period the Town’s population grew by 7.6%. The population density per square kilometer is higher in the biggest census tract of Ward 5 than for the Town as a whole (2,460 vs 2,088) so they cosy up ...
- Created on 04 September 2016
- 5. Peter Geibel says my earlier blog about his views was “presumptuous”
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- ... out below. I am happy to do this. Exploring possible alternatives Geibel says he favours greater density in the old downtown but is undecided about Bob Forrest’s seven storey rental block which is ...
- Created on 31 August 2016