Olympic Village & Southeast False Creek Updates Discussion

[Yume-sama]

Originally Posted by squeezied

is that for real?? or did someone draw that in?

No, I'm pretty sure that's the message GE wishes to portray.

And, VANOC obviously approved it!

[invisibleairwaves]

Someone wrote it on the ad. All of the VANOC sponsor ads in the car were defaced.

[GeeCee]

Too bad it wasn't in one of the new Mk.IIs with cameras..

[Yume-sama]

Originally Posted by invisibleairwaves

Someone wrote it on the ad. All of the VANOC sponsor ads in the car were defaced.

I don't really know how you could do that in a busy train

[zivan56]

^^
I recall 2 kids last spring etching windows when the train was basically full and verbally assaulting people. They did this for at least 6 or so stops...

[Yume-sama]

Curse us Canadians being quiet and keeping to ourselves.

[SpongeG]

all the stations have one sponsor too

VCC = GE
YAletown = Bell
Olympic Village = RC Mint
Burrard = McDonalds

not sure as i never went to any other stations

and i didn't notice any on the expo or m lines...

[jlousa]

Waterfront E/M line is Acer
Waterfront Canada Line is mostly blank still with the exception of a few Tourism BC ads.

I understand that Vanoc was expecting to take a hit on the advertising as they weren't able to sell all the advertising to sonspors and were looking at selling some space to non-sponsors so long as the ads were appropriate.

[WarrenC12]

Originally Posted by zivan56

^^
I recall 2 kids last spring etching windows when the train was basically full and verbally assaulting people. They did this for at least 6 or so stops...

And yet if somebody were to beat the 🞵🞵🞵🞵 out of them, guess who would get arrested.

[hollywoodnorth]

any idea what band and coffee chain will go into the Retail after the Games?

I know we have London Drugs and Urban Fare so far...........I would assume a bank, coffee place and fast food place would be givens as well.

[officedweller]

and a Mark James brew pub is going in too.

[hollywoodnorth]

Originally Posted by officedweller

and a Mark James brew pub is going in too.

oh ya and they will have a liquor store also.

[SpongeG]

news reported that as the olympics closer a poll has shown more people in BC are more annoyed or not liking the olympics and anti-olympic protesters and protests are growing and expect to see a flood of anti-olympics posters soon

[GeeCee]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

news reported that as the olympics closer a poll has shown more people in BC are more annoyed or not liking the olympics and anti-olympic protesters and protests are growing and expect to see a flood of anti-olympics posters soon

nimbyism..

[SpongeG]

they seem to have a new tactic now too - not "we want houses not games" but "we are stuck paying for these games for years to come" and they are for the elite etc while us taxpayers are left to pay for them

[mr.x]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

news reported that as the olympics closer a poll has shown more people in BC are more annoyed or not liking the olympics and anti-olympic protesters and protests are growing and expect to see a flood of anti-olympics posters soon

The antagonism will turn around....this also happened in Sydney, but everything changed when the torch arrived. Today was the first day the torch was in BC (it's official BC leg), you should see support for the Games explode from this point on.

[martinishaker]

Sorry imageshack was not working for me

http://www.globalairphotos.com/images/bc/vancouver/2010/vch2010_0012.jpg

From globalairphotos

[Millennium2002]

Originally Posted by WarrenC12

And yet if somebody were to beat the 🞵🞵🞵🞵 out of them, guess who would get arrested.

well solving some misbehaviour with fighting isn't going to help the situation... = \ It's like saying we can avert a nuclear war by having nukes threatening everyone else. To me it doesn't really make sense logically.

I wonder... does TransLink still have that program to pay people for giving tips on criminals who damage transit property or assault drivers?

But anyway... I have noticed a few weeks ago when riding the Olympic Line that they have essentially built a temporary fortress around the whole athlete's village =O

[mr.x]

from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/susangittins/sets/72157622087253276/




Patrol boats right outside of eastern False Creek for the Olympic Village - water way closure









Olympic Village

[Yume-sama]

Holy 🞵🞵🞵🞵 is that a horse or a dog?!

Nice pics! Cool to see that people have decorated the outside of their units. I guess the Aussies are in town And the Chinese, and Czechs, and Germans...