General Vancouver Updates - Page 72

Metro-One · #**1421** Posted **Oct 25, 2009, 8:08 PM**

Sweet, I was wondering why that building in Richmond no longer has the "Nintendo" sign on it. I hope they put up their Nintendo sign on their new location.

hollywoodnorth · #**1422** Posted **Oct 26, 2009, 12:27 AM**

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Originally Posted by LotusLand

The Broadway tech centre are an awesome development. It gives company's the option to remain in Vancouver for it's secondary and tertiary employees. It also lured Nintendo of Canada away from Richmond as it now has it's office I believe on Virtual Way? Which is awesome news for Vancouver.

http://www.nintendo.ca/2002/english/customer_service.shtml

very cool news about Nintendo and yes I love this project.

raggedy13 · #**1423** Posted **Oct 26, 2009, 10:27 AM**

Some new infill at 16th & Tupper (just off Cambie) I came across on Saturday:

SpongeG · #**1424** Posted **Oct 26, 2009, 10:31 AM**

someone should get the infill at 12th and clark - i tried the other day but the light changed

Hed Kandi · #**1425** Posted **Oct 26, 2009, 4:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by raggedy13

Some new infill at 16th & Tupper (just off Cambie) I came across on Saturday:

Looks very cozy!

agrant · #**1426** Posted **Oct 30, 2009, 6:49 AM**

Pretty minor development here, at least for most of you, but it does touch on something that will likely affect everyone in the city at some point in time if it hasn't already. This is an example of a few locals fighting against increased density in their neighborhood. And since I live very close... it'd be cool to hear some thoughts. I don't have any strong opinion on it yet, just think it doesn't sound that bad.

Here is the article in The Vancouver Courier.
"Kits residents want consultation on social housing."

The complaint is that this proposed building is out of scale for the area (too large). The proposal would have the building ten feet taller (at four floors) than the surrounding buildings. And the site, 11,500 square feet, would not be big enough to hold 30 units and a resource centre. The article goes into a few more issues.

Is this stupid nimbyism, or do they make good points? Check the site out with Google Maps street view. It is the SW corner of 8th and Vine.

officedweller · #**1427** Posted **Oct 30, 2009, 9:54 AM**

Doesn't look bad in the renders - 4 storeys isn't very tall.
It's a block from the new 6 storey Vine project on Broadway with the London Drugs and IGA - and I'll bet the north side of Broadway will be redeveloped with 4-6 storey buildings soon.

http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/councilmeetings/documents/p3_000.pdf

agrant · #**1428** Posted **Oct 30, 2009, 10:36 AM**

Exactly what I was thinking. Thanks so much for the link.

hollywoodnorth · #**1429** Posted **Oct 30, 2009, 11:11 AM**

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Originally Posted by SpongeG

someone should get the infill at 12th and clark - i tried the other day but the light changed

that infill is pretty cool eh? looks like it's right out of Yaletown with the multiple lofts floors above retail. Great step in the right direction for this area.

hollywoodnorth · #**1430** Posted **Oct 30, 2009, 11:13 AM**

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Originally Posted by agrant

Pretty minor development here, at least for most of you, but it does touch on something that will likely affect everyone in the city at some point in time if it hasn't already. This is an example of a few locals fighting against increased density in their neighborhood. And since I live very close... it'd be cool to hear some thoughts. I don't have any strong opinion on it yet, just think it doesn't sound that bad.

Here is the article in The Vancouver Courier.
"Kits residents want consultation on social housing."

The complaint is that this proposed building is out of scale for the area (too large). The proposal would have the building ten feet taller (at four floors) than the surrounding buildings. And the site, 11,500 square feet, would not be big enough to hold 30 units and a resource centre. The article goes into a few more issues.

Is this stupid nimbyism, or do they make good points? Check the site out with Google Maps street view. It is the SW corner of 8th and Vine.

its the social housing that they are fighting not the height

vanman · #**1431** Posted **Oct 30, 2009, 12:41 PM**

Some people are so ignorant in this city they think any new social housing is destined to turn their neighborhood into the next downtown eastside.

dreambrother808 · #**1432** Posted **Oct 30, 2009, 4:46 PM**

This resistance is also part of why so much social housing concentrates in the DES in the first place.

WarrenC12 · #**1433** Posted **Oct 30, 2009, 5:27 PM**

But they are always demanding the government "do something" about homelessness, etc. Round and round it goes...

Metro-One · #**1434** Posted **Oct 30, 2009, 6:56 PM**

That is the text book NIMBY. "I want electricity, but I don't want to see a wind turbine, I want material goods, but I don't want to see any factories, We should have good rapid transit, but I don't want skytrain near me, we need to solve the homeless problem, but I dont want social housing near me..."

Luckily for them we can hide electricity production for the most part up in the hills, we can hid manufacturing by having it all take place in China, we can hide rapid transit by burying it (but this also becomes a NIMBY problem), but we can't hide the homeless problem or solutions from them without bursting their fantasy bubbles.

leftside · #**1435** Posted **Oct 30, 2009, 8:11 PM**

This isn't really the type of social housing we see in the DTES. It is targetted at people who actually work and make a contribution to society. Rent is based "on 30 per cent of the tenant's income." which I guess would imply these people actually have an income. I'm 100% in favour of these types of social housing projects.

BCPhil · #**1436** Posted **Oct 30, 2009, 8:28 PM**

Yeah, we're not talking about the old part of Paris here. Kit's can't stay like it is forever. It's close to downtown, and a lot of the buildings there are reaching the end of their lifespan.

It only makes sense to replace old homes with new, higher density ones this close to downtown. I'm sure the first skycrapers in downtown were really tall compared to the old logging shacks they replaced. It all has to start somewhere. Kits is just to desirable to keep the genie in the bottle forever. Within our lifetimes Kits will transform to be an extension of the West End, with plenty of mid rises and a couple high rise buildings. It will start closer to Broadway when the UBC line goes in, but market forces will drive higher density closer to the water.

SpongeG · #**1437** Posted **Oct 30, 2009, 9:17 PM**

there is already plenty of social housing and low income housing in kits - why the sudden hate against it?

I know people who live in kits in a great area in low income/social housing and the building is old been there for years

there must be more to it than this though - is it amongst condos? I think existing social housing is in rental building areas

I guess owners are afraid of losing value?

SFUVancouver · #**1438** Posted **Oct 31, 2009, 6:17 AM**

The thing will be operated by Kitsilano Neighbourhood House, which is a well-run organisation and rich with local volunteers.

agrant · #**1439** Posted **Oct 31, 2009, 8:30 AM**

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Originally Posted by SpongeG

there is already plenty of social housing and low income housing in kits - why the sudden hate against it?

I know people who live in kits in a great area in low income/social housing and the building is old been there for years

there must be more to it than this though - is it amongst condos? I think existing social housing is in rental building areas

I guess owners are afraid of losing value?

I don't think the social housing part of it is the issue that concerns these people. I mean, these are harmless old fogies with wheel chairs and walkers. It is more about the size of the structure vs the size of the houses surrounding it, and the number of people slated to live in it. Basically, they want a smaller building with less people.

Stingray2004 · #**1440** Posted **Nov 6, 2009, 12:30 AM**

My biggest pet peeve about the City of Vancouver are these silly signs at the entrance to the City (eg. Oak St./W. Georgia St.) that were placed during the looney left councils of the mid-1980's:

Source: Flickr

Apparently they are being taken down in favour of Olympic signage.

But the looney left is now whining that they should be put back up!

http://www.straight.com/article-268634/nonuke-signs-go-olympic

I guess that there are some elements within Vancouver that 'feel' they are in a 'safe haven' from nuclear attack 'due' to the 'signage'... and that the rest of Metro Vancouver is just a nuclear weapons depository that is potentially targetted for attack...