tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660836203401990673.post2899216719946416389..comments2024-02-29T04:21:37.886-05:00Comments on Deconstructed City: Ford Nation, Jane Jacobs Dissed, Vancouver's Modern Treehuggers, and a Concert Hall that Doubles a Bomb ShelterJake Tobin Garretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13874289566119761965noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660836203401990673.post-40603162989604895092011-03-06T14:52:50.412-05:002011-03-06T14:52:50.412-05:00Without a provincial and federal historic tax cred...Without a provincial and federal <a href="http://www.nps.gov/hps/tps/tax/historic" rel="nofollow">historic tax credit</a>, keeping our six storey avenues seems a pipe dream. It makes no economic sense to build anything new at that height. This is why heritage preservation is so weak. Regardless, we need low, medium, and high rise buildings. As a reaction to modernism, if someone takes anything from Jacbos it should be diversity of uses and building type.Doug Duckworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15684467055184767166noreply@blogger.com