Cambie Corridor Updates - Page 68

osirisboy · #**1341** Posted **May 11, 2022, 4:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by WarrenC12

I think the MST want it gone because of it's past, so the plan was commissioned to figure out the cost of moving.

Exactly. Which brings me back to my original post about why I don’t like the decision to demolish it. Lost opportunity in my opinion.

WarrenC12 · #**1342** Posted **May 11, 2022, 5:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by osirisboy

Exactly. Which brings me back to my original post about why I don’t like the decision to demolish it. Lost opportunity in my opinion.

Are you going to argue with the MST that it should stay in this spot? I don't get it.

osirisboy · #**1343** Posted **May 11, 2022, 5:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by WarrenC12

Are you going to argue with the MST that it should stay in this spot? I don't get it.

Yes absolutely. I agree it’s their decision to make. I disagree with their decision. i believe this is the only residential school standing in Vancouver. Demolishing it is a form of erasing its history, in my opinion.

Versus some people that believe there is nothing historical that “stands out” with this building. I believe the cultural genocide that was committed against First Nations is something that “stands out”. And should stand out and never be forgotten. Ideally the building could’ve been used as a museum to illustrate what it was like to be in these schools.

GenWhy? · #**1344** Posted **May 11, 2022, 5:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

Sure, it's old. That's it. Nothing in its hundred years of existence really stands out and makes it worth keeping.

Not necessarily. We've got 459 West 63rd on the Corridor just a five-minute drive away.

Ya they're saving a similar style school at 6th & Main.

idunno · #**1345** Posted **May 11, 2022, 5:48 PM**

For First Nations, residential schools are places of past trauma and horror. They are symbols of oppression. I think most people would understand why the MST isn't interested in salvaging this building.

Changing City · #**1346** Posted **May 11, 2022, 6:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by idunno

For First Nations, residential schools are places of past trauma and horror. They are symbols of oppression. I think most people would understand why the MST isn't interested in salvaging this building.

It wasn't a First Nations residential school. The building was originally built as a private school for boys from families mainly from Shaughnessy Heights, and it briefly operated for Langara School during the First World War. It was acquired by the federal government in 1918, and served as a military hospital until 1920.

It served as the RCMP's Fairmont barracks until 1950, when it turned into the regional sub-headquarters until the 1970s, and then the Fairmont Training Academy. It's the association with the RCMP that's the issue for the MST. The Parks Board also didn't want it - apart from the cost of moving it, removing hazardous materials, seismically upgrading it and restoring the hertitage parts of the building, "the building strongly symbolizes colonialism and contravenes reconciliation".

osirisboy · #**1347** Posted **May 11, 2022, 6:35 PM**

Oh wow! Thank you for that info.

Migrant_Coconut · #**1348** Posted **May 11, 2022, 7:33 PM**

What CC said. It was never a residential school, the MST just hate all things Mountie.

officedweller · #**1349** Posted **May 18, 2022, 8:23 AM**

Winona on Cambie

From GBL twitter today:

https://twitter.com/GBLArchitects

GenWhy? · #**1350** Posted **May 18, 2022, 4:52 PM**

Driving by that the other day... it is one of my favorite subtle designs for a standard mid-rise form

officedweller · #**1351** Posted **May 18, 2022, 5:50 PM**

I like the back more than the front!

Feathered Friend · #**1352** Posted **May 24, 2022, 11:03 PM**

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May 24th, 2022 Public Hearing – The Heather Lands Shared Vision Renews A Community Relationship

Public Hearing – May, 24th, 2022

With over 130 speakers left to hear from on the Broadway Plan this week, I assume city council are grateful to whoever scheduled the Heather Lands as the lone item for this public hearing. With an election in the fall, they had to be seen as doing something, and it doesn’t get much simpler than reviewing the rezoning of a policy statement they approved in 2018. Plus this way they can claim to have approved several thousand homes yet again.

In reality, this will be phased in over many years, like other projects around the Oakridge Municipal Town Centre (pg 62), such as the nearby Cambie Green, or the Jewish Community Centre. There are those who remain sensitive to this evolution, especially given its effect on the existing buildings. Still, I can’t imagine it’s easy to argue why a First Nation’s partnership should spend ~$47 million to retain the RCMP E Division’s former headquarters, but heritage activists will likely try.

That said, even respected experts have struggled to understand why this site has attracted so little pushback when compared to what was originally intended to be decided this month. Despite being proportionally smaller than what’s proposed here, the Jericho Lands planning program has faced a fund-raising campaign, and paid opposition from a well-known lobbyist. While those efforts may eventually spill over to this site, you’ll never need to pay anyone to make a difference, so long as you speak up.

Backlash Expectations

Item 1 – 4949-5255 Heather St and 657 W 37th Ave (Heather Lands)– Very Low
Whatever the reason, there simply hasn’t been many complaints during this half a decade of consultation

https://cityduo.wordpress.com/2022/05/24...-vision-renews-a-community-relationship/