Comments on: My Letter to the Editor: Stricter building limits needed to preserve character of town http://www.zhamid.ca/letters/stricter-building-limits-needed/ Milton Council Candidate from Ward 8 (Hawthorne Village at Escarpment & Milton Trails Communities) Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:42:18 +0000 hourly 1 By: Laurie http://www.zhamid.ca/letters/stricter-building-limits-needed/comment-page-1/#comment-279 Laurie Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:36:33 +0000 http://www.zhamid.ca/blog/?p=256#comment-279 Good for you! I hope that many listen to your call and work towards a graceful transistion from town to city. Tall buildings have their place, but Milton, at least at present isn't it. I really liked your photos of the Montreal neighbourhoods that are reasonably high density, but maintain a human scale. Going 3 to 5 stories downtown, and using infill housing are great ways to get the density up while building on the small town character. Covering countless acres with 1 and 2 story cookie-cutter houses is not the way to go either. I think your proposal strikes a happy medium that builds on what the town already has. Good for you! I hope that many listen to your call and work towards a graceful transistion from town to city. Tall buildings have their place, but Milton, at least at present isn’t it. I really liked your photos of the Montreal neighbourhoods that are reasonably high density, but maintain a human scale. Going 3 to 5 stories downtown, and using infill housing are great ways to get the density up while building on the small town character.

Covering countless acres with 1 and 2 story cookie-cutter houses is not the way to go either. I think your proposal strikes a happy medium that builds on what the town already has.

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