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highrise hubstresses
construct. высотный микрорайон (расположенный на транспортном узле, окружённый торговым центром, детсадом и сопутствующими видами услуг для жильцов: The cluster of tall residential highrises and offices is an example of the way Metro Vancouver is at the leading edge of a trend of squeezing large populations into tight urban zones next to rapid-transit stations, often in neighbourhoods where detached homes predominate. (...) The highrise hub is like many others peppered across Metro Vancouver. A University of B.C. urban landscape specialist, Patrick Condon, says local politicians have embraced, like almost no others in North America, the planning model based on organizing high-density projects around rapid-transit stations. vancouversun.com ART Vancouver)