Park Hyatt (1128 W Georgia) | 197m | 62 fl | Completed - Page 106

rrskylar · #**2101** Posted **Nov 24, 2008, 6:26 AM**

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Originally Posted by Yume-sama

I don't know why, but this one really made me laugh

Goes to show money can't buy good taste!

officedweller · #**2102** Posted **Nov 24, 2008, 6:51 AM**

So we can see INTO this suite from the TD Tower - Hmmmm....

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Cypherus · #**2103** Posted **Nov 24, 2008, 9:49 AM**

To me, the suite isn't even that nice for the type of premium it demands. Looks like that window above the bathtub will need some blinds unless the person wishes to expose them self to the rest of the city.

jlousa · #**2104** Posted **Nov 24, 2008, 6:01 PM**

Don't think you'll be able to see anyone, unless it dark outside and the bathroom lights are on, even then you'd be a few hundred ft away and at an angle. So you'd need a pair of binocaulars to see anything.

The evelators travel at over 700ft/min. So including acceleration and deceleration time you could make it from the penthouse to the lowest parkade level in just over 1 min, assuming you don't stop along the way.

subdude · #**2105** Posted **Nov 24, 2008, 6:15 PM**

Great shot from last week by juttamk on flickr:

eduardo88 · #**2106** Posted **Nov 24, 2008, 6:58 PM**

holy shit, that suite looks so unbelievably kitsch and tacky....the dogs remind me of joey's dog on friends tho haha

officedweller · #**2107** Posted **Nov 24, 2008, 7:12 PM**

Looks like the fins atop Shangri-La lost a few panels in the windstorm - a few panels are missing on the Thurlow (east) side. You can see them missing on the CTV video.

vanlaw · #**2108** Posted **Nov 24, 2008, 7:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by eduardo88

holy shit, that suite looks so unbelievably kitsch and tacky....the dogs remind me of joey's dog on friends tho haha

Agreed - the finishings on the pics posted thus far look cheap and crappy.

Yume-sama · #**2109** Posted **Nov 24, 2008, 8:39 PM**

They all do look awful plain, the walls, and everything. I get that maybe they were going for West Coast minimalism... but... come on? Why pay so much money for a blank white wall and a fireplace that doesn't even have any architectural features! The cabinets, marbles, and floors, all look a bit drab. Ritz Carlton and Hotel Georgia definitely take luxury to a whole new level compared to Shangri-La. It really seems all it has going for it is the name, which really only means something to people from China.... not so much to anybody in North America. Of course, we haven't seen the super expensive suites. I'm sure those people will completely gut it and re-do it, anyways.

And I hope these people didn't hire a designer.

vanlaw · #**2110** Posted **Nov 24, 2008, 9:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by Yume-sama

And I hope these people didn't hire a designer.

Maybe the fireplace is actually just a high end lcd tv permanently tuned to the fireplace channel - like Colbert's Xmas special last night!

Dorian G. · #**2111** Posted **Nov 24, 2008, 10:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by eduardo88

holy shit, that suite looks so unbelievably kitsch and tacky....the dogs remind me of joey's dog on friends tho haha

I guess it could always just be a collection of random imperial kitsch, but that's awfully cynical. I think it's just being postmodern:

the dogs, the two chairs, and the lamp all suggest some kind of solid victorian propriety. The skin rug suggests a violent domination of the natural environment (certainly a feature of Canada, and the west coast especially, but also a feature of other colonies). The orientalised chess board figures the sublimation of a foreign form to a western purpose. All these Western/colonizing elements are ironically juxtaposed to the minimalist elements (that is, their conspicuous lack): the couch (the largest piece of furniture in the room) seems curiously inert, and less minimalist than banal and uninteresting. I say the juxtaposition is ironic because it would be surprising if a building treading opposite to historic anglophone imperialism honestly embraced any of it. That's my read, anyway.

More generally, if these suites are for foreign or worldly buyers, perhaps they are expected to have diverse art objects—not necessarily unified or coherent—to furnish with; in that sense, the starkness of the suite is meant explicitly to be an unmotivated canvas for bricolage.

Yume-sama · #**2112** Posted **Nov 24, 2008, 10:26 PM**

I bet you $10 they are British. If not Chinese / British.

The dogs and lamp make me think British, the all white and furniture style says high-end Chinese.

phesto · #**2113** Posted **Nov 25, 2008, 12:08 AM**

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Originally Posted by Yume-sama

They all do look awful plain, the walls, and everything. I get that maybe they were going for West Coast minimalism... but... come on? Why pay so much money for a blank white wall and a fireplace that doesn't even have any architectural features! The cabinets, marbles, and floors, all look a bit drab. Ritz Carlton and Hotel Georgia definitely take luxury to a whole new level compared to Shangri-La. It really seems all it has going for it is the name, which really only means something to people from China.... not so much to anybody in North America. Of course, we haven't seen the super expensive suites. I'm sure those people will completely gut it and re-do it, anyways.

And I hope these people didn't hire a designer.

I'm really not sure what is up with that photo, but I can assure you, having toured some of the units, they are pretty high quality. I'm only talking about the live-work suites, which are the only ones to complete so far - and in my opinion, they are up there with any product in Vancouver, with the possible exception of Aspac's buildings. And yeah, as you mention, you can expect the estate units will be even nicer.

Here are a few more photos that at least do the units some justice as opposed to the crappy screenshots from above.

Aylmer · #**2114** Posted **Nov 25, 2008, 12:37 AM**

You know, if ANYONE living in the Shangri-La wants to do a house exchange...

officedweller · #**2115** Posted **Nov 25, 2008, 1:08 AM**

Is this the plan of the suite in the first pic? If so, the plan doesn't show that column there (that would be a surprise to a purchaser):

Here's the plan of the suite posted by Phesto in the last 4 pics - living room looks small for a 1600 sq ft unit - but I guess that because it is split up with a family room and there's a lot of wasted space in the hallway.

SpongeG · #**2116** Posted **Nov 25, 2008, 3:28 AM**

the hallway is the gallery - where you hang your picassos and warhols

Yume-sama · #**2117** Posted **Nov 25, 2008, 3:35 AM**

Looks like 12 more units hit the market today. Going from 6 - 18 on MLS.

Yes, buy now... it's a buyers market! $519,000 - $1750000

excel · #**2118** Posted **Nov 25, 2008, 7:53 AM**

wow that pic is amazing, thanks subdude.

squeezied · #**2119** Posted **Nov 25, 2008, 9:22 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Is this the plan of the suite in the first pic? If so, the plan doesn't show that column there (that would be a surprise to a purchaser):

wow good eye! could it be that it was a unit in the lower floors? ie below 35. i do recall the northeast unit changing a bit in some ways from different sections of the floors. yet i believe columns are suppose to run up to the very top.

but by the looks of it, some ppl are gonna get gyped

Cypherus · #**2120** Posted **Nov 25, 2008, 11:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by squeezied

wow good eye! could it be that it was a unit in the lower floors? ie below 35. i do recall the northeast unit changing a bit in some ways from different sections of the floors. yet i believe columns are suppose to run up to the very top.

but by the looks of it, some ppl are gonna get gyped

Those people will certainly not be able to put that dining room table and chairs as represented on the floor plan with the column protruding outward.