RJN
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Urban planner: intensification, land/housing economics and zoning reform. Maritimer in exile, repentant car nut.
But yeah, this DOES resemble the modern usage of the angular plane, they've just rotated the concept 90 degrees to make it ostensibly about setbacks. Quite different from the district-level height restrictions from Holt/Greber/various NCC things.
December 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
But yeah, this DOES resemble the modern usage of the angular plane, they've just rotated the concept 90 degrees to make it ostensibly about setbacks. Quite different from the district-level height restrictions from Holt/Greber/various NCC things.
Presumably the angular plane referred to here is the 1950 Gréber one centred on Parliament for the purpose of preserving views to it? Not the "built form transition on a site to site basis" thing we generally think of today when an angular plane is invoked.
December 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Presumably the angular plane referred to here is the 1950 Gréber one centred on Parliament for the purpose of preserving views to it? Not the "built form transition on a site to site basis" thing we generally think of today when an angular plane is invoked.
It's possible that there are still elements of that very first ZBL embedded in the document that is about to be repealed/replaced in 2026. There is quite a lot of legacy code in there, amalgamated/amended/patched and jury-rigged half to death.
December 10, 2025 at 1:37 AM
It's possible that there are still elements of that very first ZBL embedded in the document that is about to be repealed/replaced in 2026. There is quite a lot of legacy code in there, amalgamated/amended/patched and jury-rigged half to death.
There was a Toyota Sienna on there yesterday.
I mean, it's a good van but........... a Sienna? Really???
I mean, it's a good van but........... a Sienna? Really???
December 4, 2025 at 3:46 AM
There was a Toyota Sienna on there yesterday.
I mean, it's a good van but........... a Sienna? Really???
I mean, it's a good van but........... a Sienna? Really???
Reposted by RJN
Single stair bldgs have lower occupant loads, shorter travel distances, and more compartmentalization vs the two-stair buildings we're familiar with.
The two-stair building might have 5x to 10x as many people crowding down a stair.
(Perhaps that poor design is what drives the fire dept angst).
The two-stair building might have 5x to 10x as many people crowding down a stair.
(Perhaps that poor design is what drives the fire dept angst).
November 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Single stair bldgs have lower occupant loads, shorter travel distances, and more compartmentalization vs the two-stair buildings we're familiar with.
The two-stair building might have 5x to 10x as many people crowding down a stair.
(Perhaps that poor design is what drives the fire dept angst).
The two-stair building might have 5x to 10x as many people crowding down a stair.
(Perhaps that poor design is what drives the fire dept angst).
I'd have made room for 1 or 2 US cities if not for... everything right now.
August 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I'd have made room for 1 or 2 US cities if not for... everything right now.
We can (and do) adapt things we've seen and liked elsewhere, but wholesale - not really. Zoning flows from the city's official plan; different cities, different OP frameworks to obey.
August 3, 2025 at 11:26 PM
We can (and do) adapt things we've seen and liked elsewhere, but wholesale - not really. Zoning flows from the city's official plan; different cities, different OP frameworks to obey.