[St. John's] The Official Project Thread - Page 255

Townie709 · #**5081** Posted **Nov 2, 2012, 10:50 PM**

And we would love to see some update photos

SignalHillHiker · #**5082** Posted **Nov 3, 2012, 1:26 PM**

November 3, 2012

351 Water Street by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

TD Place by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

Henry-Bell Condo Complex by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

statbass · #**5083** Posted **Nov 3, 2012, 1:35 PM**

VOCM Nov 3, 2012

Quote:

A new 🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵 🞵🞵🞵🞵 in Foxtrap is just one part of a three-phase plan. Siren's Cabaret officially opened yesterday at noon in the old Vinnie's Pub/Bus Stop building. John Blackmore, operations manager for Terra Nova entertainment, says they also plan on putting a dance club and an Irish pub in the same building. Blackmore says despite the controversy surrounding the club's opening, a lot of people showed up to check it out as soon as the doors opened.

http://www.vocm.com/newsarticle.asp?mn=2&id=28025&latest=1

This sounds like its going to be quite the establishment! The last sentence cracks me up; NIMBYs must be biting their tongues....

Townie709 · #**5084** Posted **Nov 3, 2012, 3:11 PM**

Nice pictures this morning! 351 is looking good! Looks like the steel will be finished soon and hopefully the curtain will go much faster! On the other hand, nothing much seems to have happened at TD place over the past week (or Henry bell for that matter but that one has never been a speedy project

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SignalHillHiker · #**5085** Posted **Nov 3, 2012, 3:15 PM**

TD Place is owned by Fortis, I believe, so that may have slowed down as a result of what happened at Fortis Place? I don't know.

Townie709 · #**5086** Posted **Nov 3, 2012, 5:28 PM**

Or it could be because of the rotten weather we have been having, your guess is as good as mine.

Although it got sunny out today finally! (hint hint signal

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SignalHillHiker · #**5087** Posted **Nov 3, 2012, 6:11 PM**

AFTER NINE STRAIGHT DAYS OF HEAVY FOG, WE ARE FREE!

Happy City St. John's by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

SignalHillHiker · #**5088** Posted **Nov 3, 2012, 6:58 PM**

Pleasantville by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

Downtown West End by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

Townie709 · #**5089** Posted **Nov 3, 2012, 7:49 PM**

I am in love with that first panorama above signal hill! Awesome shot!

SignalHillHiker · #**5090** Posted **Nov 3, 2012, 10:23 PM**

Thank you.

Architype · #**5091** Posted **Nov 3, 2012, 10:59 PM**

^Great pix again Signal, and nice to see the weather looking better.

SignalHillHiker · #**5092** Posted **Nov 4, 2012, 12:07 AM**

Thanks! But the fog came back lol

Townie709 · #**5093** Posted **Nov 4, 2012, 1:43 AM**

It's like the fog is taunting us...

SignalHillHiker · #**5094** Posted **Nov 4, 2012, 11:38 AM**

Oh, you have no idea. On Signal Hill this morning, it was hanging out just offshore and kept coming close (and I mean really close, obscuring the Southside Hills) and then retreating again. You could see it was foggy in Mount Pearl because Kenmount wasn't visible but the rest of the city was wide open to the sun.

SignalHillHiker · #**5095** Posted **Nov 4, 2012, 1:06 PM**

November 4, 2012

Sunrise through The Narrows by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

Cuckhold's Cove by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

Sunrise in St. John's by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

St. John's Skyline by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

351 Water Street by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

TD Place by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

St. John's Skyline by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

TD Place by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

Fortis Place by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

Downtown St. John's by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

Downtown East End and Pleasantville by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

Westdale Grove by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

statbass · #**5096** Posted **Nov 4, 2012, 4:37 PM**

Westdale Grove condos seem to coming along fairly well. Thanks for the pics, I rarely get out around the part of the west end.

statbass · #**5097** Posted **Nov 4, 2012, 7:07 PM**

CBC, Nov 4, 2012

Quote:

Several oil companies are exploring new sites for drilling off the shore of Newfoundland. (CBC)

The offshore oil industry is continuing to expand in the province.

Shell Canada has just been granted exploration rights to five areas in the Newfoundland offshore.

The company bid a total of $97 million for rights to the territory, which is located in the Laurentian Subbasin, several hundred kilometres south of the Burin Peninsula.

Meanwhile, three oil companies are teaming up to explore another parcel of land in the Flemish Pass, 500 kilometres east of St. John's.

Husky Oil, Suncor and Repsol are paying $20 million for those rights.

The province's offshore regulator, the CNLOPB, made the announcements Friday.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2012/11/04/nl-offshore-oil-1104.html

jeddy1989 · #**5098** Posted **Nov 4, 2012, 7:54 PM**

AWESOME! keep it coming!

Found this in the comments from the article! HAHA wicked!

Quote:

‎"Oh lemme tell ya story 'bout a man named Ted,
Poor Newfoundlander barely kept his family fed,
Then one he was fishin for some food,
And up from the Banks came a bubblin crude,

Oil that is... black gold, Terra Nova tea, Hibernia honey.

Well the next thing ya know ol' Ted's a millionaire,
His kinfolk said "Ted move away from here!",
"Inside the Overpass is where ya oughta be!",
So he packed up his truck and became a Townie.

St. John's that is... roaring boomtown, petro-bucks, oil tycoons, flat-out development."

christopher_chafe · #**5099** Posted **Nov 4, 2012, 10:56 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeddy1989

Found a website against the "rock" development

http://www.batteryradio.com/Pages/Housemotel.html

I think this is a gross over exaggeration of what the building would have looked like

WOW talk about fear mongering! .. have a look at the images in the "good news" section ... this is like rediculous NIMBYism .. like extremist cult NIMBYism

http://www.batteryradio.com/hotel/hotel-c.html

That is one of the 2 reasons why I have such a distaste in my mouth for those who are pro heritage (at any cost).

christopher_chafe · #**5100** Posted **Nov 4, 2012, 10:57 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by statbass

CBC, Nov 4, 2012

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2012/11/04/nl-offshore-oil-1104.html

Now if we can only start getting some nice Office Towers built in this city and other industries to open shop here it would be an absolutely perfect place to live.