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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Aren’t those neighbourhoods already being densified? Most of the properties in Altadore today are infills and new builds. It’s actually pretty rare to see an original home. Same thing is happening in Killarney, etc.
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Yes, they are being densified. I didn't mean to insinuate it wasn't already happening, but it will need to continue.
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Originally Posted by you&me
But neither of those areas follows much of an easily redevelopable grid pattern. They can be considered problematic when we start running low on parcels in those areas.
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True, they don't have the grid pattern, and that makes redevelopment more difficult, but the problematic part is having this seemingly immutable covenant that says "these neighbourhoods shall always be very low-density, single-family homes." From an urban planning standpoint it's super dumb to have these neighbourhoods immediately adjacent to dense parts of our core. Scarboro is less of an issue because it kind of dead-ends at Crowchild Trail anyway, but Mount Royal covers a huge swath at the south end of the Beltline and is a barrier to making the neighbourhoods to the south and southwest of that—places like Altadore—more accessible to the core. Transit, for instance, would be a lot better for neighbourhoods like Altadore if Mount Royal was denser as it would justify more buses/shorter headways.