To the editor:
Re: "Letter of the Week," Nov. 30.
Though I would concur with letter writer Adam Easton that Marpole won't likely become another Yaletown, I could see it becoming similar to Southeast False Creek. The area, which used to be mainly industrial, has been rezoned for mixed-use and given way to more and more mid-rise towers over the past decade or so.
Though Marpole per se has limited industrial land, just across Marine Drive lie hundreds of acres of land that I have no doubt will be similarly rezoned and developed over the next couple of decades. This seems to be the formula for development that has dominated Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»since the 1980s. I would say there is nothing wrong with that since the city's growing population needs places to live, except for one caveat: It has done absolutely nothing to protect affordability.
Charles Leduc, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»...
To the editor: Re: "The Next Yaletown?" Nov. 25. Alas, it was only a matter of time before greedy developers swivelled around to sleepy little Marpole. Well, what can you expect in Vancouver? Marpole is a pleasant, relatively stable and affordable neighbourhood with interesting and lively small businesses, restaurants and scarce peace and quiet... so let's bulldoze it to the ground and build a bunch of towers to sell to people who don't even live in Vancouver, let alone in Canada.
Gordon Trick, Vancouver
