Olympic Village & Southeast False Creek Updates Discussion - Page 132

SFUVancouver · #**2621** Posted **Jan 27, 2011, 7:01 AM**

Thanks for posting those. The first building is located on the corner of First Avenue and Manitoba, facing north to the Olympic Village. The second, as the render illustrates, is located at the corner of Second Avenue and Manitoba. The third building is going to be located on the southeast corner of 1st and Ontario, kitty corner from the southwestern-most building of the Olympic Village.

Pinnacle certainly jumped into the SEFC property game with both feet.

officedweller · #**2622** Posted **Jan 27, 2011, 7:22 AM**

Thanks.
I was thinking that's where the third building will be - I think that's where their display centre is located.

They all have pretty tall podiums/streetwalls - looks like a minimum of 4 storeys (unlike earlier Yaletown projects).
Foundry looks like it has the shortest podium in the area.

SFUVancouver · #**2623** Posted **Jan 27, 2011, 8:32 AM**

SEFC from the Cambie Street Bridge, looking down First Avenue.

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Pinnacle Living False Creek.

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Maynards Block

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Maynards Block project detail

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Pinnacle Living False Creek from Second and Yukon

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Pinnacle Living False Creek from Second and Crowe Street

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James

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Work appears to have begun on the Olympic Village's mini-park "Crane Park"

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Prep work appears to be beginning on the Opsal Steel heritage building

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First and Main social housing

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Pinnacle Living False Creek as seen from 3rd Avenue and Main

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officedweller · #**2624** Posted **Jan 27, 2011, 9:03 PM**

I wonder why Pinnacle didn't go as tall as Foundry for that building?
The alley side of Foundry (small windows) certainly looked like it anticipated a tower equal in height and the Pinnacle building has a tall 6-storey podium that probably could have been redistributed.

hollywoodnorth · #**2625** Posted **Jan 28, 2011, 1:50 AM**

FYI: the old commercial building 'sort of attached' to the Opsal Steel building at the corner of 2nd and Quebec has been torn down!

thx for the pics as per usual

hollywoodnorth · #**2626** Posted **Jan 28, 2011, 1:51 AM**

also any idea what "Crane Park" will look like? also why was it not build with the project originally?

SFUVancouver · #**2627** Posted **Jan 28, 2011, 4:38 AM**

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Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

also any idea what "Crane Park" will look like? also why was it not build with the project originally?

Source: City of Vancouver

I'm guessing they ran out of time before the Olympics to build this one. Consider how much of the western hinge park was built after the games were over too.

officedweller · #**2628** Posted **Jan 28, 2011, 11:05 PM**

Nice. Thanks for the render.
(Also, maybe the space was used for Olympics logistics functions during the Games)

hollywoodnorth · #**2629** Posted **Jan 29, 2011, 12:36 AM**

when will the new pricing and such be announced officially.....????

wrenegade · #**2630** Posted **Jan 29, 2011, 12:41 AM**

Hopefully before the anti-poverty nutjobs start their tent city occupation plan on February 12th.

phesto · #**2631** Posted **Jan 29, 2011, 12:51 AM**

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Originally Posted by SFUVancouver

Source: City of Vancouver

How long until some drunk idiot tries to climb up into the crane cab?

hollywoodnorth · #**2632** Posted **Jan 29, 2011, 1:10 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by phesto

How long until some drunk idiot tries to climb up into the crane cab?

opening weekend ... once I arrive on scene?

ablefire · #**2633** Posted **Jan 29, 2011, 9:09 PM**

Thanks again for the great update(s).

-A-

SFUVancouver · #**2634** Posted **Jan 30, 2011, 2:29 AM**

You are most welcome. I like doing them.

dleung · #**2635** Posted **Jan 30, 2011, 2:50 AM**

If that crane isn't doing something or being useful somehow, it seems kinda contrived to be importing industrial artifacts to look at.

vanman · #**2636** Posted **Jan 30, 2011, 6:14 PM**

^I'd agree with you if this was somewhere where industry never even existed before, but SEFC as everyone knows has deep industrial roots.

entheosfog · #**2637** Posted **Jan 30, 2011, 8:32 PM**

Granville Island did something similar and I think it's great to see stuff like that. Gives the area a sense of history even though most of it's gone.

dleung · #**2638** Posted **Jan 30, 2011, 8:42 PM**

If you look at the distillery district in Toronto, everything "historic" has always been there; those industrial buildings were retrofitted for new uses, condos plopped on top, etc... it's all real. The industrial-style detailing/landscaping around the Olympic village is excellent, and it would have been great if there were more buildings and artifacts in SEFC worthy of re-use... but clearing out the area and then taking the extra effort of bringing in completely-useless objects (that probably weren't in that spot to begin with)... is sad.

dreambrother808 · #**2639** Posted **Jan 30, 2011, 10:39 PM**

The glass is ALWAYS half empty, isn't it?

SpongeG · #**2640** Posted **Jan 31, 2011, 3:13 AM**

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Originally Posted by dleung

If you look at the distillery district in Toronto, everything "historic" has always been there; those industrial buildings were retrofitted for new uses, condos plopped on top, etc... it's all real. The industrial-style detailing/landscaping around the Olympic village is excellent, and it would have been great if there were more buildings and artifacts in SEFC worthy of re-use... but clearing out the area and then taking the extra effort of bringing in completely-useless objects (that probably weren't in that spot to begin with)... is sad.

well it balances out Toronto has the extremely contrived dundas square