As the residents of Vancouver are faced with towers sprouting in every neighbourhood, view corridors or cones should be established too. The mountain view is a "public good" that everyone in Vancouver enjoys. the view belongs to the residents of Vancouver, not matter who owns the surface of the land. When developers block our views, they are "fencing the commons"; that is, privatizing and selling a public asset. This article notes that higher suites with views are worth more, and this is well known to the developers. We must act to protect our views from privatization to protect the quality of life of residents and to continue to attract the tourists that support our economy.
I agree with your concerns about views, have written about them in other City Conversations. At the moment, the narrative is so slanted that any nods to view preservation are considered to be NIMBY. I am about to take a deep CC dive into the latest info about the Broadway Plan (BP), will try to bring view protection back into the discussion.
Ironically, the city's original view cones were all from the south shore of False Creek and a bit east/west and south of that. Now the BP as well as Senakw' and Jericho have moved the threatened areas much west as well as east to Clark and Commercial, pretty much the entire spine of the non-downtown city
As the residents of Vancouver are faced with towers sprouting in every neighbourhood, view corridors or cones should be established too. The mountain view is a "public good" that everyone in Vancouver enjoys. the view belongs to the residents of Vancouver, not matter who owns the surface of the land. When developers block our views, they are "fencing the commons"; that is, privatizing and selling a public asset. This article notes that higher suites with views are worth more, and this is well known to the developers. We must act to protect our views from privatization to protect the quality of life of residents and to continue to attract the tourists that support our economy.
I agree with your concerns about views, have written about them in other City Conversations. At the moment, the narrative is so slanted that any nods to view preservation are considered to be NIMBY. I am about to take a deep CC dive into the latest info about the Broadway Plan (BP), will try to bring view protection back into the discussion.
Ironically, the city's original view cones were all from the south shore of False Creek and a bit east/west and south of that. Now the BP as well as Senakw' and Jericho have moved the threatened areas much west as well as east to Clark and Commercial, pretty much the entire spine of the non-downtown city
Oh sorry I meant that it s not for straight cisgender people