General Vancouver Updates

[Metro-One]

Originally Posted by logan5

Thanks for the photos.

Three new retail buildings in a row, and all 3 have a 100% glass facade and glass canopy. They do this because it is the cheapest possible way to build something. Now that corner completely expressionless til the end of its time.

This corner used to have some visual variety and it offered its tenants the opportunity to create their own facade...

https://www.google.ca/maps/@49.264844,-1...-rlSv2hNTQeiA6g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

Eventually, a row of buildings like that turn into this...

https://www.google.ca/maps/@49.2571954,-...MB3wa0f9y4Toc6A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

When you see shit like this lining the street, you really got to consider giving heritage status to those buildings that were knocked down.

Could not agree more.

The before was far more visually interesting retail strip. Not perfect by no means, but much more interesting than now.