#land development

[annapolisrose]

Land assembly houses gone but stairs from the street still remain. A friend of mine used to live at this address.

[remembermewhenyouleave]

GUYS IK I LOOK CHOPPED IT WAS A SPUR OF THE MOMENT PICTURE 🥹

I was in the forest behind my house I’ve played in since I was a kid (yes I said play the fuck I still play at 17 is there a problem with it😒) and I got a call from my dad and he said I had to leave it because some person bought up the land and is gonna turn it into suburbs (The “developer” aka a rich out of towner who has never stepped foot in the area and saw cheap land and decided to try and turn a profit even though it’s all swamp lands, horribly unlevel, and a creak runs in it and floods it when it rains.) and I couldn’t stop crying I knew they were gonna try and turn it into suburbs I didn’t know I wouldn’t have any time left they’re probably gonna do what every person from out of state that buys land does they’re gonna buy it knock everything down destroy habitats and level land then realize they’ll never be able to sell it and abandon it. And I don’t know what to do there are so many memories back there and they’ll all be gone.

[chikennougatman]

The park is scheduled to close Oct 1st, after it'll probably be sold to land developers. It's 40 acres of land along the chassahowitzka river and is going to close due to the main deck and campground store being "a public safety risk, due to damage after last years hurricane," (not a direct quote, i'm paraphrasing). Y'all, the damage is so minimal even I could probably fix it. They're refusing to repair these structures so they can claim it's in disrepair and sell it off to land developers.

If you live in Florida and think you're able to attend, please go to tje protest! (If not please spread the word at least) For decades this state slowly been eaten away at by land developers. Stand up to them! Show them that we won't quietly sit aside and let it happen anymore!

[lynnswirld]

more like land demolisher !!!

[jangillman]

A field ecologist who worked on the Clarke Creek Wind Farm north west of Rockhampton had this to say:-

Having worked on the Clarke Creek wind farm, I can confirm that environmental degradation and loss of EVNT plants, ecosystems and animals was astronomical. Where were the green groups when 3000ha vegetation was laid flat, where were the green groups when 400ha of SEVT was bulldozed, where were the green groups when Koala, Greater Glider, Powerful Owl habitat was bulldozed. I contacted Green groups at the time...they didn't want to know about it...perhaps they were too busy hunting down a farmer for clearing his fence line.

Sadly, one prominent consultancy from Brisbane just stood by and let it happen and made no attempt to reign in their client.

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Ontario opposition parties call on auditor general to investigate provincial removal of Greenbelt land | CBC News

Leaders of Ontario's opposition parties are jointly calling for the province's auditor general to investigate the Ford government's decision

The leaders of Ontario's opposition parties are jointly calling for the province's auditor general to investigate the Ford government's decision to open up almost 3,000 hectares of previously protected agricultural land for development.

Ontario's NDP, Liberal and Green parties penned a letter Thursday to Bonnie Lysyk asking for a value-for-money audit and an assessment of the financial and environmental impacts of removing land from the Greenbelt and repealing the Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve Act — things residents, experts and advocates were in "broad opposition of" based on provincial public consultations.

"The removal of protections from these lands has instantly shifted wealth to property owners, who have likely benefited substantially from the rezoning of this land from undevelopable agricultural land to developable land," the letter reads.

"Collectively, we are very concerned with the impact that the removal of these Greenbelt lands will have on the future well-being of our province." [...]

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[if-you-fan-a-fire]

The streetcar emerges

The terms “suburbs” and “suburbanization” often bring to mind the period after the Second World War, defined by rows of bungalows on tree-li

The terms “suburbs” and “suburbanization” often bring to mind the period after the Second World War, defined by rows of bungalows on tree-lined streets. Another image of the suburbs are the more recent stucco McMansions in far-flung areas of the city with garages standing guard over sidewalk-less streets.

In fact, the process of suburbanization emerged far earlier in Canadian cities and was deeply tied to the emergence of the streetcar as a revolutionary form of public transpiration.

Up until the late 19th century, there were no effective means of mass public transit and most people’s main form of transportation was walking. The lack of transit set real limitations in terms of where people could live. ...

The period saw Winnipeg as the main industrial and wholesale base for western Canada. With three railways crossing the city and the grain exchange being moved from Toronto to Winnipeg in 1890, Winnipeg was considered the “Chicago of the North.”

In 1910, Winnipeg accounted for 50 per cent of all manufacturing in western Canada. A massive industrial working class was created in Winnipeg, and those workers needed to get to work somehow.

Yearly streetcar paid fairs increased from 3.5 million passengers in 1900 to 60 million in 1913. The areas of the city that gained the most new residents in this time were west and south Winnipeg.

Streetcars were not only the most effective option for public transport but also used as a tool for land speculation that drove the creation of new developments and suburbs.

In many cases, streetcar lines were built into less-developed areas to spur on development and used as a promotional tool to attract homebuyers.

Land and subdivisions that had basic municipal services, paved sidewalks, sewers and piped water, were still the most desirable to homebuyers and developers – but by 1900, streetcar service was a requirement." - Scott Price, "The streetcar emerges," The Uniter. Volume 78, Number 06. October 19, 2023.