What does the City of Nanaimo's Downtown Urban Plan and Guidelines say about Chapel Street?

The 2009 Downtown Urban Design Plan and Guidelines (the result of an inclusive and participatory process overseen by Victoria architect Frank D’Ambrosio) offers important guidelines for the development of this special precinct. Page 23 : https://t.co/Cd0Yqusq2T pic.twitter.com/tecgMirUnI

— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) June 15, 2018

"The public realm should be defined here by continuous building street wall that should be approximately 5 storeys in height. Residential towers can achieve the same continuous street-edge with a base or podium of this height."

— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) June 15, 2018

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Pay attention Nanaimo

Pay attention #Nanaimo. This is on its way to Council. At either end of Chapel Street a human-scale street environment has been taking shape in recent years. To be built, this 24 storey tower requires huge increases over what’s now allowable in both height and building mass. pic.twitter.com/eAGOIO1kcs

— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) June 13, 2018

RT @BrentToderian Almost all #Vancouver towers have a mid-rise podium/base, creating a human-scaled street edge. They have many different scales, from townhouses to 7 storey mid-rises... https://t.co/pwH4ZI19ni pic.twitter.com/fQRV7w5GrJ

— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) June 14, 2018

Community Planning and Development Committee June 19 meeting agenda including staff report : https://t.co/61R2RgcMkh

— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) June 13, 2018

#Nanaimo, these kinds of towers are a lazy approach to growth. Happier cities choose human scale, incremental urban infill. You can do it! https://t.co/UEDJtkjuVB

— Happy City (@thehappycity) June 14, 2018

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