Victoria Watcher posted topic James Bay to receive heritage designation?

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Victoria Watcher has just posted a new topic entitled "James Bay to receive heritage designation?" in forum "Urban Design".

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The City of Victoria is looking at designating James Bay as a heritage conservation area.

Council asked staff this week to explore the possibility and its implications for development, as part of an ongoing review of the city's heritage program.

The motion was proposed by Mayor Marianne Alto, who noted James Bay residents showed up in droves during public hearings for the recently adopted official community plan to say their neighbourhood had been asked to carry too much of the load of housing and new development.

Alto said James Bay is unique in the city as its first colonial neighbourhood, and is somewhat isolated, with few entry and exit points.

The area also feels the impact of thousands of visitors as home to the city's cruise-ship and Belleville Street terminals, hosts thousands during parades, races and protests, and has seen poorly planned urban sprawl in the form of towers built in the 1970s, the mayor said.
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