Downtown Vancouver Updates - Page 385

hollywoodnorth · #**7681** Posted **Jul 21, 2011, 9:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by jlousa

And the rebirth of Chinatown begins. There are at least 2 more projects in the pipeline as well.
This small infill is going to the UDP on the 27th.

AWESOME!!!!!

that would be this site for anyone not sure >> http://maps.google.com/maps?q=217+E+...1.84,,0,-12.47

SFUVancouver · #**7682** Posted **Jul 21, 2011, 11:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Looks like a building to me...

What I meant was that project is not really a 'downtown Vancouver' building, but rather more of an infill or 'general Vancouver' project that happens to be downtown.

60 West Cordova

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Also, a concrete truck was on site and work appears to have resumed on the Paris Annex beside Save on Meats. I tried their take-out counter today; good cheap food and awesome service. They were serving a DTES woman in rough shape with every bit as much courtesy and professionalism as myself and others. Pure class.

Some convention centre photos.

The fuel tank exhaust pipes now look good.

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This section is now open...

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...though it does not connect all the way through to the rest of the Seawall.

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The lower level that leads to the new seaplane terminal ticketing office and waiting lounge.

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Locked In · #**7683** Posted **Jul 22, 2011, 1:24 AM**

Great updates SFU, thanks.

SpongeG · #**7684** Posted **Jul 22, 2011, 2:07 AM**

looks nice - i was down there the other day and wondered where people were going along that seawall part cause i didn't turn around like they normally do- i never actually did get close enough to that area to see what had happenned

jlousa · #**7685** Posted **Jul 22, 2011, 3:31 AM**

I thought I heard colleagues state that the lower path was opened up earlier this week but your pics still show a piece of fencing in the way. Looks like there is a partial pathway now there at least.

I walked by Paris Annex this evening and can confirm the ground floor was poured. Looks like they've restarted, really looking forward to seeing it completed, quality area specific infills are probably my favorite type of development.

leftside · #**7686** Posted **Jul 22, 2011, 6:03 PM**

Even I am surprised at how Hastings East of Abbott is starting to develop. The Acme Cafe is always busy, Save On Meets is looking great and it's nice to see Paris Annex starting again.

Shame about the huge empty development site across the street. I wish Concord try and develop the Greenwich project there. It would totally transform that part of Hastings. Unfortunately I think the activists may have won this battle though.

Anyone have any info on the site on the North/East corner of Hastings/Abbott opposite the TD? It's sat there doing nothing for a couple of years now.

jlousa · #**7687** Posted **Jul 22, 2011, 6:39 PM**

The NE corner of Abbott and Hasting was sold not to long ago, it's being used as a staging area for 60 W Cordova after which it's safe to assume it will be redeveloped by the new owner.

I agree completely with you about Greenwich, a real shame Concord didn't have the fortitude to see the project thru and is now trying to pawn it off to the city instead. We both know what will get built there if that happens is not going to be the same as what Concord had proposed.

Built Form · #**7688** Posted **Jul 23, 2011, 1:43 AM**

Townline has resurrected their 21 story project '999 Seymour' at the corner of Nelson.
150 homes with a boutique office building attached. townline.ca to register now.

SFUVancouver · #**7689** Posted **Jul 23, 2011, 1:48 AM**

^ That's great news. It was a handsome building and great infill for that corner.

Dylan Leblanc · #**7690** Posted **Jul 23, 2011, 3:07 AM**

That must be this thing.

http://townline.ca/projects/residential/999_seymour.php

Locked In · #**7691** Posted **Jul 23, 2011, 5:27 AM**

Good news! 999 Seymour should be a good addition to that corner. Here's a render from Townline's website - nice looking curtain wall. I recall that these units had odd outside/inside balconies the first time around - I wonder if that's been changed?

hollywoodnorth · #**7692** Posted **Jul 23, 2011, 7:23 AM**

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Originally Posted by Built Form

Townline has resurrected their 21 story project '999 Seymour' at the corner of Nelson.
150 homes with a boutique office building attached. townline.ca to register now.

awesome news!

found a good story on the company BTW >> http://www.bcbusinessonline.ca/sites...1_Townline.pdf

Built Form · #**7693** Posted **Jul 23, 2011, 8:15 AM**

[QUOTE=Locked In;5356044]Good news! 999 Seymour should be a good addition to that corner. Here's a render from Townline's website - nice looking curtain wall. I recall that these units had odd outside/inside balconies the first time around - I wonder if that's been changed?

No not according to the sales flyer I received from Townline. The majority of the suites in the tower face south but since there is no air-conditioning they have very deep balconies that act as an outdoor living room with fireplaces, flush sliding doors tracks and perforated moveable metal screens to help mitigate the sun. I was at the original presentation centre years back and it looked very clean and modern but not for everybody.

flight_from_kamakura · #**7694** Posted **Jul 23, 2011, 4:54 PM**

absolutely fantastic news!!! i remember something about these units mostly being studios with partition options. and wasn't that balcony vision somewhat controversial?

Denscity · #**7695** Posted **Jul 23, 2011, 8:00 PM**

loving the gorgeous hd helicopter shots of the downtown skyline on cbs and golfchannel (rbc canadian open).

vanman · #**7696** Posted **Jul 23, 2011, 9:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by Built Form

Townline has resurrected their 21 story project '999 Seymour' at the corner of Nelson.
150 homes with a boutique office building attached. townline.ca to register now.

Sweet! It'll be alot better than the drunks that scream/barf in that parking lot at night.

vanman · #**7697** Posted **Jul 23, 2011, 9:21 PM**

I'm surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet:

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BC Hydro to take down banged-up H-frames

Since the 1940s, Vancouver's ubiquitous H-frame power poles have been a gritty fixture in downtown back lanes.

Banged up by garbage and delivery trucks, blackened by the soot of coal furnaces now long gone and towered over by skyscrapers they were never meant to service, the H-frames are the electrical lifeline to thousands of businesses and homes.

Soon the poles with their elevated transformers and hundreds of kilometres of power lines will be a thing of the past.

Over the next five years, BC Hydro will remove 350 of the frames and install services underground. The $75-million retrofit will improve the reliability of BC Hydro's distribution system.

Read more:http://www.vancouversun.com/health/H...769/story.html

flight_from_kamakura · #**7698** Posted **Jul 23, 2011, 9:28 PM**

another step forward for vancouver beautiful!

jsbertram · #**7699** Posted **Jul 23, 2011, 10:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by jlousa

And the rebirth of Chinatown begins. There are at least 2 more projects in the pipeline as well.
This small infill is going to the UDP on the 27th.

This reminds me that I noticed some surveyors working around the parking lot at 23 W Pender earlier this week.

This is the area north of the 'china gate' on Pender @ Taylor.

Prometheus · #**7700** Posted **Jul 23, 2011, 10:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by flight_from_kamakura

another step forward for vancouver beautiful!

A part of me will be sad to see them go. They gave downtown alleys a very unique, old school, gritty look and are very Vancouver, very Gastown, very northwest urban pioneer. I especially love photographs of our downtown alleys. They have an art and gravitas about them. The alleys might gain a little more superficial beauty, but they will also lose a little bit of funk and a little bit of soul.