http://www.linebox.ca/blog/what-are-we-doing Ottawa Toronto Modern Residential Architecture Wed, 20 Oct 2010 05:41:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://www.linebox.ca/blog/what-are-we-doing/comment-page-1#comment-14 rmontyw Sun, 04 Jul 2010 01:31:43 +0000 http://www.linebox.ca/?p=1300#comment-14 I have to believe its because our city councilors are small minded and not well traveled enough to understand where the world is going rather then where it came from. In this same spirit we see them attempting to bring back a failed business model in the CFL franchise to Ottawa........just keep beating at the same thing. I have to believe its because our city councilors are small minded and not well traveled enough to understand where the world is going rather then where it came from. In this same spirit we see them attempting to bring back a failed business model in the CFL franchise to Ottawa……..just keep beating at the same thing.

]]> http://www.linebox.ca/blog/what-are-we-doing/comment-page-1#comment-13 Harout Sat, 03 Jul 2010 14:17:12 +0000 http://www.linebox.ca/?p=1300#comment-13 The offender here may not be the monotony-of-style as much as the grid in which these houses reside. The red door is merely a band-aid response in this case. I see it time and again how huge tracts of land are developed quickly, usually by a single developer. Driven by profit they have the overriding objective of stuffing the maximum number of units cheaply efficiently and with little regard to the long-term psychological impact to the inhabitants. Authorities on the other hand are partly driven by the prospect of increased tax revenues, so the last person on the scene - the buyer - ends up paying the real price. The offender here may not be the monotony-of-style as much as the grid in which these houses reside. The red door is merely a band-aid response in this case. I see it time and again how huge tracts of land are developed quickly, usually by a single developer. Driven by profit they have the overriding objective of stuffing the maximum number of units cheaply efficiently and with little regard to the long-term psychological impact to the inhabitants. Authorities on the other hand are partly driven by the prospect of increased tax revenues, so the last person on the scene – the buyer – ends up paying the real price.

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