Surrey Updates

[GMasterAres]

Originally Posted by Whalleyboy

I actually messaged them saying they should relook into there map and look into using city park way since there is already retail along it there gonna strech it past the mall. plus the fact that it has skytrain stations all along it so there stops at both ends and easy access. I think more should message them telling themt to look into it so they get the point

Let us know if you get any response from them. Would be nice to know the reasoning why they would designated it that way.

[Whalleyboy]

why not to do the same and message them yourself to so they get the point they're going about it all wrong.

[Whalleyboy]

Surrey has reply to the article about south surrey joining white rock

http://www.bclocalnews.com/surrey_area/surreyleader/news/127491643.html

[delboy]

Originally Posted by Whalleyboy

Surrey has reply to the article about south surrey joining white rock

http://www.bclocalnews.com/surrey_area/surreyleader/news/127491643.html

I agree with this. The notion of south surrey joining with WR is laughable. WR should join with Surrey, not the other way around.

I also agree that the present state of muncipal govts here is broken. North Vancity/ North Van Disctrict...Langley City/Langley Township....Coquitlam/Poco.....

As evident with the new regional growth strategy, concessions had to be made for particular cities that served their needs and not those of the entire region....

[metroXpress]

New Surrey library to lend people out as ‘living books’
By LAURA KANE, Vancouver Sun August 16, 2011

**Click for a picture: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Surrey+library+lend+people+living+books/5264053/story.html

Gone are the days of rummaging through card catalogues and dusty shelves. The new Surrey City Centre library will be home to a “human library,” with people on loan as living books.

Surrey’s $36 million library, set to open at the end of the month, will allow users to “check out” people and pick their brains about their experiences with blindness, immigration, religion or a disability, among other things. The goal is to break down stereotypes and start discussions, said deputy chief librarian Melanie Houlden.

“What we’re aiming to do is bring the library to life for people. There are huge repositories of experience and knowledge in their own brains,” she said.

People with various personal experiences have already agreed to volunteer, she said. Users will be able to request an “expert” and chat over a cup of coffee in the library’s new cafe.

The idea began in Europe and has already been successfully applied at Coquitlam Public Library and Douglas College, she said.

A human library is not the only new feature coming to the Surrey facility. Now that e-readers can store hundreds of novels, libraries must branch out from being mere book warehouses, Houlden said.

“We’re really talking about community in a way we never have before,” she said. The library will also offer free tutorials on using computers and social media, a teen lounge and a planned volunteer-tutor program for youth.

The library will house 100,000 items for loan, including books, DVDs and 20 e-readers, she said. A large kids’ area on the ground floor has spaces for play and storytelling, and a world-languages area offers items in 16 languages, including Arabic, Mandarin and Punjabi.

Vancouver-based architect Bing Thom designed the 77,000-square-foot glass and concrete building, which features tilted walls, spiralling white staircases and large windows.

“Libraries are sanctuaries,” Thom said. “They are people’s universities. It’s a place for self-learning, but it’s also a place for people to come together.”

Certified by the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program, the building boasts a number of green features, including a green roof and energy-efficient taps and light fixtures.

The library, at 10350 University Drive, is part of the $2 billion Surrey city centre revitalization project, which will also bring a new city hall and community plaza to the area.

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Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Surrey+...g+books/5264053/story.html#ixzz1VID7JnOy

[metroXpress]

A media tour was held at the new Central City Library yesterday. Civic Surrey has a great blog post with LOTS of photos.




Check it out: http://www.civicsurrey.com/2011/08/16/photo-tour-of-the-city-centre-library/#more-2527

[go_leafs_go02]

Not exactly brand new, but a cool vid showing the lighting on the two new Pedestrian overpasses on both Highway 99 at 35 Avenue and Highway 1 at 168 Street:

• Video Link

[SpongeG]

cool stuff - will be nice on the cold grey dark rainy winter days

[Whalleyboy]

I showed alot of people pictures of those bridges and a few replys have been there to good for surrey they should be in Vancouver.
But i really like how Surrey is pushing these artistic kinda things these bridges for one are great along with the urban wall on the chuck baileys centre to everything in holland park. Surrey is really starting to grow into a real artistic place

[go_leafs_go02]

To be honest, I wish they'd switch the Tynehead Bridge up with the one right on Johnston Hill.

That new bridge there is starting to look like a Detroit overpass, with chainlink fence up to the top and barbed wire at the top to stop suicides. Being a little overdramatic there, but you get the point. Imagine those colourful glowing arches when entering Surrey from the Port Mann? That would look super cool if you ask me....

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by go_leafs_go02

That new bridge there is starting to look like a Detroit overpass, with chainlink fence up to the top and barbed wire at the top to stop suicides. Being a little overdramatic there, but you get the point. Imagine those colourful glowing arches when entering Surrey from the Port Mann? That would look super cool if you ask me....

Yeah, I noticed that too.

[Whalleyboy]

So well looking around i came across a project by DA architects called the triangle it is located in central around gateway. But it is in the same location as the gateway office park. So I dont fully know whats going on

here is the over view

The concept for this Surrey, BC development is to provide a retail destination (260,000 square feet) that includes a significant residential component (400 units). The retail portion comprises street oriented mid-size users (5,000 to 10,000 square feet) and a few larger users (food store, fashion anchor, drug store).

This project is a regionally sensitive evolution of the Lifestyle Centre concept. The residential component consists of approximately 200 units located above the retail users along the street and approximately 200 units in 2 high rise towers oriented towards the project central public plaza. Continuous weather protection, a high level of pedestrian amenities, and the lively public plaza provide an interesting and animated pedestrian experience.

all this is from http://da-architects.ca/projects/the-triangle-mixed-use-lifestyle-centre/

[officedweller]

The only development I've ever heard of called "The Triangle" is in Port Coquitlam near Pitt River Bridge - and there is a "lifestyle" centre planned for that area.
I think the D/A website guys screwed up and the location and map were accidentally copied from the Gateway Towers project.

[Whalleyboy]

Well maybe but then they completely screwed up since the description talk about it being in surrey

[hollywoodnorth]

cool south of the fraser blog I found

http://www.southfraser.net/

he was on the news as well today

http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/Canada/BC/1258521056/ID=2148664694

[GMasterAres]

Originally Posted by Whalleyboy

Well maybe but then they completely screwed up since the description talk about it being in surrey

They did screw up I'm pretty sure. The map even has the same address as the gateway tower project and the project size wouldnt even fit in that area.

[jlousa]

Found this interesting, probably doesnt' bode well for Berezan's grand vision.

Defendants: Ralph Berezan and 0810720 B.C. Ltd. 1455–126A St., Surrey
Plaintiff: Larco Investments Ltd. 1908–925 W. Georgia St., Vancouver
Claim: A declaration that Larco is entitled to keep deposits that Berezan made on condo units at the Residences at Morgan Crossing because Berezan failed to complete the purchase of the units

[amor de cosmos]

Like TransLink, Metro Vancouver has been doing their own study on regional growth and have their own take on how to help shape growth south of the Fraser, a take that includes transit. It’s called the Regional Growth Strategy: Metro Vancouver 2040.

I sat down with Christina DeMarco, the Manager of Regional Development with Metro Vancouver to get a better idea of the challenges the area faces in terms of development and transit as well as the role Metro Vancouver plays in what south of the Fraser will look like in 2040. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Metro Vancouver, I started the interview with some fundamental questions.

http://buzzer.translink.ca/index.php/201...anager-of-development-christina-demarco/

[whalley13]

Interestingly, there is a bosa development sign on te olde brick site in front of the future city hall

[GMasterAres]

Originally Posted by whalley13

Interestingly, there is a bosa development sign on te olde brick site in front of the future city hall

Do you know the development number on the sign?