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Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 5:59pm.
I was reading Logarithm's blog about the new clear cut on Division. I was similarly shocked by the view when I went by there today. Here are some images from the area.
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Emotional Trauma
Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 8:58pm.There are better ways than clear cutting. I would like to see the City create and enforce a low (or no) impact development ordinance. It's time to make efforts to leave the natural world intact. We depend on it for not only our quality of life, but ultimately for our survival.
Aesthetics
Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 9:07pm.Does anyone think cookie cutter housing developments are aesthetically desirable or in anyway attractive?
Interesting, isn't it
Submitted by Just another voice on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 11:43pm.Bottom line is that even when you are building cookie cutter houses, they can still be aesthetically pleasing and environmentally friendly! In many instances you can do it for the same price! The problem: it takes more time and more thought, and more blueprints :-)
With that being said, a lot of the shape and look of homes can be shaped by code, which can be shaped by neighborhood organizations. Many times the city will be on board if a neighborhood org wants to develop design standards for their area. This includes code that either encourage or force preservation of existing natural looks.
But then we enter the realm of who has the time to sit down and draft code and submit it-- it takes months, sometimes years! Anyway, that is what I see happening: a lot of opportunity but a lot of work and time. Time that people just don't have.
This is not to say that the city of olympia doesn't have some strict design standards, but in developments it is usually something like '3 garage door designs must be used and no 2 designs shall be side by side', etc...
But I am Just Another Voice