Urban Form: You Can Directly Help Protect Our Dwindling Built Heritage
Many folks who love heritage still aren’t designating because they don’t understand what it means, it seems too tough, or it may decrease their property value.
Many folks who love heritage still aren’t designating because they don’t understand what it means, it seems too tough, or it may decrease their property value.
Over the past number of years, a dozen professional planners have been eliminated from governments.
“In 1891 the Bonavista Peninsula and St. John’s were close in population (roughly 20,000 and 25,738 respectively). These communities were roughly 1/5 the size of Toronto then …”
“Most of the city’s homes were rebuilt as quickly and economically as possible, which took the form of simple, undecorated boxes.”
For the first time since they started recording this data in Canada, seniors outnumber youth. At almost 3% above the national average, Newfoundland and…
This province is chock full of stunning modern buildings like the Beth El Synagogue, which was suggested for the Massey Medal in the 1950s.
Our volatile weather, short construction season, and desire for sustainable methods certainly make this “lego block style” of building alluring.
Our physical environment should embrace each person’s unique traits. We should design for a wide variety of people, not the statistical and non-existent common man.
Community centres, hospitals, schools, and other public facilities in this province depend on this Act.
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I didn’t need to look far to find a story where people were affected because of those driving too fast or carelessly.
There are lots of places in St. John’s where cars share the road with cyclists and walkers and we’d all benefit from better design.