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Douglas Todd: Vancouver’s plan for 17 new 'villages' will increase uniformity, sterility

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Douglas Todd: Vancouver’s plan for 17 new 'villages' will increase uniformity, sterility

The city’s massive Villages Plan, mandating buildings up to six-storeys, is spelled out in a 329-page report released in late May. This latest high-density initiative encompasses 14 per cent of the city's properties.

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First, Vancouver city council rammed through the Broadway plan, which is imposing more than 150 large, blocky residential highrises on a zone of 500-square blocks.

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