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Also, from a livability perspective the setbacks ensure that those who live in towers aren't on top of their neighbors. I can speak from experience that it sucks having your neighbor across the street be only 50-60 feet away from you. Who wants to live in a small 600sf apartment if you can't leave the blinds open? That makes your living arrangements feel even smaller.]]> Paul http://places.designobserver.com/feature/olympics-and-the-city-vancouver-2010/12693/#comments 2010-03-01T12:28:09-05:00
Where are the competitions?????]]> burke http://places.designobserver.com/feature/olympics-and-the-city-vancouver-2010/12693/#comments 2010-02-18T10:49:56-05:00
I heart Canadian content.]]> Mark Kaufman http://places.designobserver.com/feature/olympics-and-the-city-vancouver-2010/12693/#comments 2010-02-16T12:17:43-05:00 Tom http://places.designobserver.com/feature/olympics-and-the-city-vancouver-2010/12693/#comments 2010-02-14T15:00:00-05:00
Prior to the Olympics, I walked my dogs or rode my bike weekly on the seawall past the Olympic Village and also had the opportunity to tour part of it this past fall. And honestly, I think it works extremely well. The scale, the architecture, the sustainability (granted, pushing the limits, technologically, and correspondingly, financially...) and the public spaces all come together. The Village, and the lessons learned from it, will be a boon to our city for a long time to come.]]> Rider http://places.designobserver.com/feature/olympics-and-the-city-vancouver-2010/12693/#comments 2010-02-14T12:37:35-05:00
Honor the spirit still. It lives on. The best way to do this is go out and play in the snow today. …well, at least east of the Mississippi.

The best athletes, and we all should all consider ourselves athletes, compete and conquer themselves, so to say.]]> nancy http://places.designobserver.com/feature/olympics-and-the-city-vancouver-2010/12693/#comments 2010-02-13T09:48:38-05:00