Downtown Vancouver Updates II - Page 50

logan5 · #**981** Posted **Feb 6, 2025, 5:40 PM**

Maybe this “Higher Building Zone” will allow some intrusion into the view cone.

jollyburger · #**982** Posted **Feb 6, 2025, 5:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by GenWhy?

Granville is still limited by a freaking viewcone so I doubt you could get over 380 feet in most of the area. Only north of Robson could you get closer or above 400 ft

But the viewcones from the bridge were changed. The 800 Granville proposal had a viewcone limit of 260 feet but they are submitting 450 feet (you assume with direction from city planners). The current viewcone is around the height of the Hudson and the Canaccord Tower. And the other one is just a sliver down the center of Granville so it wouldn't really affect any development.

GenWhy? · #**983** Posted **Feb 6, 2025, 5:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by logan5

Maybe this “Higher Building Zone” will allow some intrusion into the view cone.

True, if they amend this policy it would allow that. It's currently a very limited area right now

officedweller · #**984** Posted **Feb 7, 2025, 12:41 AM**

Here's how much Daily Hive says they plan to narrow the Granville Bridge view cone.
The top image is the 2024 change, and the bottom image is the further change yet to be implemented,
which does not restrict heights along Granville (just at the street end).

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/gran...ouver-proposal

mcj · #**985** Posted **Feb 7, 2025, 12:53 AM**

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Originally Posted by logan5

I suspect the City is thinking higher than that since that is nowhere near the cities tallest. Ken has his sights set on building the Metro regions tallest towers, so maybe we'll see that here. The Bay is inside the Granville street planning area, and the parkade is on the fringe.

Sinclair centre too.

GenWhy? · #**986** Posted **Feb 7, 2025, 1:14 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Here's how much Daily Hive says they plan to narrow the Granville Bridge view cone.
The top image is the 2024 change, and the bottom image is the further change yet to be implemented,
which does not restrict heights along Granville (just at the street end).

I assume they're making this change because the ped-bike route expansion is on that side of the bridge? Funny how they left this out of the view cone review last year

jollyburger · #**987** Posted **Feb 7, 2025, 3:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by mcj

Sinclair centre too.

Sinclair seems DOA at this stage with what the Feds are doing with office space.

jollyburger · #**988** Posted **Feb 7, 2025, 3:26 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by officedweller

Here's how much Daily Hive says they plan to narrow the Granville Bridge view cone.
The top image is the 2024 change, and the bottom image is the further change yet to be implemented,
which does not restrict heights along Granville (just at the street end).

The top image seems different from the photo in the report. They had a photo from the other side of the bridge but with the Hudson/Canaccord as the base of the view cone. Now it makes more sense on how they'll add 400 foot tall buildings up and down the corridor.

https://council.vancouver.ca/2024071...ents/pspc1.pdf

The DH article on the view cone review

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vanc...-proposal-2024

officedweller · #**989** Posted **Feb 7, 2025, 3:57 AM**

That revised image is the 2024 amendment. From View Cone 12.2 to just View Cone 12.
Now the 2024 version of View Cone 12 will be further amended in response to the new 2025 Granville entertainment district initiative
(which would be why it was not done last year).

Quote:

Originally Posted by jollyburger

The top image seems different from the photo in the report. They had a photo from the other side of the bridge but with the Hudson/Canaccord as the base of the view cone. Now it makes more sense on how they'll add 400 foot tall buildings up and down the corridor.

https://council.vancouver.ca/2024071...ents/pspc1.pdf

The DH article on the view cone review

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vanc...-proposal-2024

jollyburger · #**990** Posted **Feb 7, 2025, 4:16 AM**

As someone who supported all the revisions to the view cones, I really wonder what this view cone will look like. Granville is so narrow compared to Burrard so it might make it pretty pointless.

officedweller · #**991** Posted **Feb 7, 2025, 5:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

As someone who supported all the revisions to the view cones, I really wonder what this view cone will look like. Granville is so narrow compared to Burrard so it might make it pretty pointless.

It is really just a street end view.
BUT, since Granville Square sits at the end of the street, that end view could be blocked by the Waterfront Hub.

From the Waterfront Hub thread showing how one of those unsolicited concepts avoids blocking the street end view,
and how the narrower View Cone 12 would allow this tall waterfront concept:

EDIT - looking at the rendering - the street end view marked Granville Street is actually HOWE ST.
(look at Pender Place, 777 Dunsmuir and TD Tower) - so this concept DOES block the Granville St. street end view.

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Originally Posted by madog222

v3.0 I suppose, created by architect Farrells and engineering firm Arup.

It looks like this vision doesn't include (much) overbuilding of the rail yard which makes it somewhat more viable than previous ideas.

The UFO looking thing is a helicopter (or other VTOL) and local passenger ferry (Seabus) terminal.

More from Daily Hive https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/down...-farrells-arup

Images from Farrells, Arup.

mcminsen · #**992** Posted **Feb 8, 2025, 7:57 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

From Daily Hive -

Coal Harbour Social Housing / School

August 8, 2024 shots by Kenneth Chan.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/coal...tion-vancouver

...

Feb.6 '25, my pics

mcminsen · #**993** Posted **Feb 8, 2025, 8:23 AM**

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Originally Posted by RDW989

Downwards at 1818 Alberni

My pixs today, Sept 1
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Originally Posted by Zepfancouver

My pics. This afternoon - Dec 11, 2024

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Crane went up a couple of days ago.

Feb.6 '25, my pics

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officedweller · #**994** Posted **Feb 8, 2025, 9:00 AM**

Nice, thanks!

GenWhy? · #**995** Posted **Feb 13, 2025, 6:26 PM**

TEAM and Co oppose social housing tower in the West End. Mention they'd prefer a 4-storey woodframe building instead.

https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/1111-broughton-st

https://cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/

By-election coming up FYI

jollyburger · #**996** Posted **Feb 13, 2025, 6:47 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by GenWhy?

TEAM and Co oppose social housing tower in the West End. Mention they'd prefer a 4-storey woodframe building instead.

https://cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/

By-election coming up FYI

Claridge said the site was sold in 2020 to an Investor

https://claridgeadvisors.com/wp-cont...-12-2020-1.pdf

Feathered Friend · #**997** Posted **Feb 16, 2025, 1:31 AM**

https://rezoning.vancouver.ca/applic...t1.pdf#page=28

https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/516-534...09-richards-st

https://rezoning.vancouver.ca/applic...t1.pdf#page=28

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As international events continue to flock to Vancouver, large cutbacks have been made to a 32 floor hotel first proposed at W Pender & Richards in 2023. Yet, this latest attempt to appease the UDP, and city staff, isn’t the only significant change in its design.

Another seals the fate of the Lumberman’s Building, as seismic upgrades required by the Building Code Bylaw would essentially facilitate its destruction. Instead, an expert heritage advisor has agreed the most reasonable approach would be to preserve, & integrate only its facade.

https://bsky.app/profile/city-duo.bs.../3lib344jxr22m

csbvan · #**998** Posted **Feb 16, 2025, 1:36 AM**

We don't even try anymore.

logan5 · #**999** Posted **Feb 16, 2025, 3:13 AM**

delete.

officedweller · #**1000** Posted **Feb 17, 2025, 2:37 AM**

Two of those are marked "southwest" elevation.