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Originally Posted by SebC
Can't speak so much to Asia, but for the great cities of Europe:
- their old stuff is much older and often more beautiful/culturally important than what we have in North America
- they were built and structured before the automobile existed, and already have higher density because in the old days you had to walk everywhere or maybe ride a horse
So... historical preservation there is hardly a comparable situation to refusing a permit for a replacement Dairy Queen with a drive-through.
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I will be the first to admit I had zero business comparing the actual two. DQ's on Center Street and 500 year old churches or historical buildings in Europe are not a comparison. I kind of got side tracked.
Even property that I have or my family has had that is 100 + years old is always being pushed to be sold by the city and by developers. It's always the same selling feature. Let's get rid of this brick building and build some large scale project with the same category of condos and stores that are available everywhere or let's build a road through it. We don't preserve any element of history in our buildings in Calgary