City Plumber was out of commission for a few months, for personal reasons that I think many of you reading this blog are aware of.
But the Plumber is back and panting to answer questions! The latest Q and A has just been posted. I’ve answered a few other questions the last several weeks either privately or in other blog posts. (Why is a streetlight being installed at this intersection, what is happening with the posting for a director of planning, etc.)
I still have a list of questions from the first rush but do welcome more. A hint: It’s nice for all concerned, but the Plumber especially, if you post an actual question rather than a political rant or a grumble disguised as a question.
Final word of advice: Commenters should consolidate their answers in one place. Got very confusing during the Wall Centre glass discussion, with people posting both under City Plumber and the main blog.
9 responses so far ↓
1 Max // Jun 4, 2012 at 10:48 pm
My understanding is condos/apartments are tied to possible access to public transit.
Isn’t that how the City is implementing their densifaction dream? Regardless.
2 Andrew Browne // Jun 5, 2012 at 9:51 am
Can you disable comments on the “announcement” post and instead direct everyone to the actual City Plumber post?
3 Bill Lee // Jun 5, 2012 at 11:01 am
As in to the Plumber Link
http://www.francesbula.com/questions/why-do-the-denser-forms-of-housing-get-stuck-on-the-busiest-streets/
Because it is easier for the chickens to streamline dendritic basins while they negotiate open-ended architectures using morph scaled dynamics while optimizing ubiquitous frameworks.
[Thanks for the latter to a Fabula discovered one-from-column-A, one-from-column-B…
Landscape Urbanism Bullshit Generator (Beta)
ruderal.com/bullshit/bullshit.htm ]
4 Guest // Jun 5, 2012 at 11:57 am
Because the NIMBY single family homeowners complain so they get their way – too much traffic from multi-family homes, blah blah, blah…
The developers are at the mercy of the City – so they go where they are told.
The future purchasers of the townhouses don’t yet play a role, so they have no say as to where their future home will be built.
5 John // Jun 5, 2012 at 12:02 pm
“The future purchasers of the townhouses don’t yet play a role, so they have no say as to where their future home will be built.”
I beg to differ. They play a role by deciding whether or not to buy the townhouse in the first place.
6 Frances Bula // Jun 5, 2012 at 12:36 pm
@Andrew. Apparently this is beyond my primitive technical abilities so I’m conferring with the high-priced help re your suggestion.
7 Lewis N. Villegas // Jun 5, 2012 at 6:47 pm
Like Bill Lee puts it, the discussion is here
http://www.francesbula.com/questions/why-do-the-denser-forms-of-housing-get-stuck-on-the-busiest-streets/comment-page-1/#comment-194697
But, I’m baffled by this plumbing stuff, Frances. We need two spaces to get the job done?
8 Frank Ducote // Jun 5, 2012 at 8:47 pm
Ditto.
9 Guest // Jun 6, 2012 at 1:29 pm
But that’s after the planning process – so their choices are limited to townhouses on busy streets – there being no townhouses on quiet streets.