Downtown Vancouver Updates - Page 195

mcminsen · #**3881** Posted **Jul 8, 2009, 8:53 AM**

I wonder if security is being double checked at the main library. It seems that a rather daring graffiti artist gained access to the roof and has now left a series of HUGE coloured characters across the upper level. It is easily seen from the intersection of Georgia and Homer. The city expects property owners to deal with graffiti quickly so I wonder if they will set an example and get this cleaned up pronto.

ckkelley · #**3882** Posted **Jul 8, 2009, 4:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by mcminsen

I wonder if security is being double checked at the main library. It seems that a rather daring graffiti artist gained access to the roof and has now left a series of HUGE coloured characters across the upper level. It is easily seen from the intersection of Georgia and Homer. The city expects property owners to deal with graffiti quickly so I wonder if they will set an example and get this cleaned up pronto.

Great.

Grafitti vandals are losers.

Locked In · #**3883** Posted **Jul 9, 2009, 1:43 AM**

Alto:

(my photo, taken July 8)

entheosfog · #**3884** Posted **Jul 12, 2009, 10:33 AM**

The wrapping on the Keefer Lofts in Chinatown are off now. Here's a little glimpse while I was at the Night Market:

flight_from_kamakura · #**3885** Posted **Jul 12, 2009, 4:41 PM**

wow, i really like the ceilings and exposed brick walls on that one!

Canadian Mind · #**3886** Posted **Jul 12, 2009, 7:01 PM**

Personally I like artistic graffitti (not the typical gang-tags), but doing such a thing on the libary is distasteful to other artistic works.

bulliver · #**3887** Posted **Jul 14, 2009, 8:14 PM**

Alto and West Pender Place from Friday

SFUVancouver · #**3888** Posted **Jul 14, 2009, 8:19 PM**

Thanks for the West Pender Place photo. I haven't been in that part of the city for a while and it's good to see that the west tower is above grade. Good photos.

Hed Kandi · #**3889** Posted **Jul 14, 2009, 10:05 PM**

West Pender is moving extremely quick. Very nice to see!!

mcminsen · #**3890** Posted **Jul 15, 2009, 12:14 AM**

Good news. The humungous graffiti on the upper level of the library is all gone. Just one week to get rid of it. Not bad. :-)

johnjimbc · #**3891** Posted **Jul 15, 2009, 12:30 AM**

Maybe I just happened to catch something they've done before, but I saw something interesting last night.

Some coloured lighting was being switched on and off on Harbour Tower, lighting the underside of the observation area. I only saw it for a couple of minutes, but one of the colours was red. I want to say the other colour I saw switched on for a few seconds was blue.

Is that something new? Olympic related maybe . . . just trying out the options. Or is this something they've done before on Harbour Tower, and I've just never seen it before?

officedweller · #**3892** Posted **Jul 15, 2009, 1:10 AM**

All I've ever seen on the Harbour Centre Tower is the Xmas lights on the antenna. Sounds new.

ckkelley · #**3893** Posted **Jul 15, 2009, 4:24 AM**

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Originally Posted by mcminsen

Good news. The humungous graffiti on the upper level of the library is all gone. Just one week to get rid of it. Not bad. :-)

That is good news. Thanks for the update!

punkster1982 · #**3894** Posted **Jul 15, 2009, 6:02 AM**

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Originally Posted by johnjimbc

Maybe I just happened to catch something they've done before, but I saw something interesting last night.

Some coloured lighting was being switched on and off on Harbour Tower, lighting the underside of the observation area. I only saw it for a couple of minutes, but one of the colours was red. I want to say the other colour I saw switched on for a few seconds was blue.

Is that something new? Olympic related maybe . . . just trying out the options. Or is this something they've done before on Harbour Tower, and I've just never seen it before?

I live in the Hudson and my place looks directly towards Harbour Centre. I just noticed the lighting effects in the last couple days. It flashes between blue, white, red and pink and then goes into a sequence where it phases from blue to green to yellow etc....It doesn't look that great imho since it doesn't cover the entire part of the tower underneith, just parts of it. Maybe they are testing it for the Olympics? I know there is a secretive VANOC team that is planning the 'look' of dt during the games....

raggedy13 · #**3895** Posted **Jul 15, 2009, 7:33 AM**

I hope (and at this point assume) they're planning on keeping this new coloured lighting as a permanent fixture (if they can perfect it). I'm quite curious to see what it looks like.

jlousa · #**3896** Posted **Jul 16, 2009, 3:24 AM**

The city will be installing another washroom on Robson just west of Granville in front of Eatons. The one just down the street at Robson and Richards apparently will be activated at that time. I didn't realize it's been sitting there for months and hasn't been plumbed.

Spork · #**3897** Posted **Jul 16, 2009, 3:38 AM**

Eatons! They are back?! God no!

jlousa · #**3898** Posted **Jul 16, 2009, 3:54 AM**

— I wasn't supposed to say anything. Don't tell anyone.

LeftCoaster · #**3899** Posted **Jul 16, 2009, 4:24 PM**

Haha, you gotta be careful Jlousa, enough people on SSP will probably believe you.

Also spork, would you rather Sears over Eaton's??

Yume-sama · #**3900** Posted **Jul 16, 2009, 4:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by jlousa

The city will be installing another washroom on Robson just west of Granville in front of Eatons. The one just down the street at Robson and Richards apparently will be activated at that time. I didn't realize it's been sitting there for months and hasn't been plumbed.

Geez, it's not even open yet and it looks like a filthy hell hole?