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Originally Posted by entheosfog
The building that Budget is in COULD look a lot better without the crappy paint job and is one of the few remaining heritage structures in the area and could be a great asset to a new development (much like the Homer Block) but yeah, that's pretty much the Vancouver way, right?
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It would be nice to see the brick facade restored and maintained on the new building, as one of the lower boxes in the architecture. Aside from missing the original windows and 2 basic brick 'eyebrows' on the roofline; it's in pretty good shape for being over 100 years old. I think the paint you see now on the brick is only the first layer so it should be easy to remove.
All that said it's likely a lost cause at this point. Also being an auto showroom/repair shop for most of it's 100+ year life, I would imagine there's alot of contamination. There's gotta be at least one buried oil or gas tank on the site under the parking pad, along with one for used oil. Removed or not, if they did decades ago they would have left the contaminated soil in situ.
As far as the new building, I like the idea. I'm curious how the floorplates will be laid out with walls and furniture etc., although it's mostly windows, the floors seem kinda cramped as they are compartmentalized, especially for someone who would want a large open modern office space. Very indirect walking paths is what i'm saying. Seems like a better concept for a residential building maybe?
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