The Georgia | 157m | 48 fl | Completed

[navazan]

looks like 11 more floors to go? its 48 floors but i think they lose a couple floors due to supersticious nonsense involving the number 4?

[ckkelley]

Update 25SEP10

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Photo by me.

[vansky]

Originally Posted by navazan

looks like 11 more floors to go? its 48 floors but i think they lose a couple floors due to supersticious nonsense involving the number 4?

there r plenty of ppl living on the 4th floor in shanghai, but probably a little more traditional for the rest of the nation, including hong kong...but then 48 means you get rich to the end of hell....or rich even dead, which is super lucky, what a great floor to live on...or 84 (which isn't a vancouver reality)...

anyways, great progress...

[Locked In]

Great shot ckkelley.
My photo, taken today:


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[vanman2010]

It's too bad it's so close to the HSBC building.

[officedweller]

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[navazan]

thats a nice view you got there, officedweller. i wonder why they havent put glass on it yet.

[trofirhen]

Whether The Georgia is in accordance with everyone's taste is a moot point.
One thing for sure though; this is going to be an impressive addition to downtown - and on the right scale, too.

[trofirhen]

Originally Posted by vanman2010

It's too bad it's so close to the HSBC building.

I agree with you on that, but remember, density is what gives a downtown that real "big city downtown" feeling, although sometimes it is a shame if views are blocked.

[djh]

Originally Posted by trofirhen

I agree with you on that, but remember, density is what gives a downtown that real "big city downtown" feeling, although sometimes it is a shame if views are blocked.

Hmm...looks like some office dwellers will be staring straight into some people's bedrooms or hotel suites. Not the side of big city living that is desireable.

That is ridiculously close for 2 building's windows.

[Vancouver_Highrise]

All I know is that i would not purchase an apartment facing the office that close. I stayed in a travelodge in downtown Sydney, Australia and I had a great view of an office building.. at night you could see the reflection of yourself in the glass opposite + everyone else on my level, above and below. Good thing I was there only to sleep..

http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&ie=...,0.001316&z=20

[vanman2010]

Originally Posted by trofirhen

I agree with you on that, but remember, density is what gives a downtown that real "big city downtown" feeling, although sometimes it is a shame if views are blocked.

I agree about the density and I like the canyons created by tall buildings, but this one does seem a bit too close, especially since so much care was put in to keeping sight-lines on all the other new buildings in the overall downtown plan. I would hate to be on that side in either building.

[mr.x]

Originally Posted by vanman2010

I agree about the density and I like the canyons created by tall buildings, but this one does seem a bit too close, especially since so much care was put in to keeping sight-lines on all the other new buildings in the overall downtown plan. I would hate to be on that side in either building.

I think this is an exception. Anything less would be unworthy of this prominent location in the city core.

I second trofirhen's thoughts.

[officedweller]

I think the floorplans probably have long suites with the bedrooms facing HSBC and the living areas facing the Art Gallery.

[itinerant]

Originally Posted by officedweller

I think the floorplans probably have long suites with the bedrooms facing HSBC and the living areas facing the Art Gallery.

They do. Here's one of the floorplans from the website:

Floorplan from Private Residences at the Hotel Georgia http://www.residencesatgeorgia.com/

[vansky]

big cities got great variety of architecture, convention centers, buildings, lighting, expressways, parks mixed all together in their core...take a look at singapore, syndey or even melbourne, vancouver can use some lighting with the density

[trofirhen]

Originally Posted by vansky

big cities got great variety of architecture, convention centers, buildings, lighting, expressways, parks mixed all together in their core...take a look at singapore, syndey or even melbourne, vancouver can use some lighting with the density

I agree totally about lighting: the lampstandards downtown are utilitarian and ugly; the lighting is not bright enough; there should be more low-level (pedestrian level) lighting.

It doesn't have to be a special effects show, just something to brighten up the downtown core. A perfect example of of "doom and gloom" rules is the Georgia St. façade of the current VAG. In most other cities it would be light up dramatically, with the lions ablaze in floodlight.

That's just one example. Most of the downtown streets are gloomy and "ténèbreux" after dark. (look it up, you'll get it)!

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by itinerant

They do. Here's one of the floorplans from the website:

Floorplan from Private Residences at the Hotel Georgia http://www.residencesatgeorgia.com/

Thanks.

There's a lot of solid wall facing HSBC in that master bedroom.

[delboy]

Originally Posted by trofirhen

I agree totally about lighting: the lampstandards downtown are utilitarian and ugly; the lighting is not bright enough; there should be more low-level (pedestrian level) lighting.

It doesn't have to be a special effects show, just something to brighten up the downtown core. A perfect example of of "doom and gloom" rules is the Georgia St. façade of the current VAG. In most other cities it would be light up dramatically, with the lions ablaze in floodlight.

That's just one example. Most of the downtown streets are gloomy and "ténèbreux" after dark. (look it up, you'll get it)!

I've never found the main areas of the city particularly dark, but there could be better use of feature lighting. I guess you haven't seen granville street lately

[navazan]

they crammed 4 bedrooms in that thing?? i guess its designed for asian immigrants with a bajillion family members. really nice looking interiors. thanks for the floorplan.