They should just glance at a map of the region. The time to bemoan the loss of small town character was many decades ago when it, you know, stopped being a small town and started being a neighborhood in a sprawling urban metropolis...
or to put it another way: "Dear councillors, time for your weekly Reality check: small towns don't usually get rapid transit lines running through them..."
On Tuesday some guy was complaining to City of North Vancouver city council that he could shoot a — in any direction without hitting anyone when he was young, and now he'd "kill 100 people."
We are a 13km drive from downtown Vancouver. Shorter by seabus.
Thanks for sharing! While this won't be setting anyone's soul on fire, it's much cleaner than anything currently going up in SEFC. What a monster of a development though, and it totally flew under the radar...
Does anyone know why the building beside this with the national bank on the bottom has that weird set back from the street?? And why they stuck that dumb patch of grass in front of it?
Does anyone know why the building beside this with the national bank on the bottom has that weird set back from the street?? And why they stuck that dumb patch of grass in front of it?
The right-of-way for No. 3 Rd. is very very wide in the area (it narrows for the London Plaza development) because before the 98 B-Line lanes were built in the middle of No. 3 Rd., there used to be a parallel service road to the west of No. 3 Rd. (or is it still there in places?).
Here's a pic from 1986.
The grass strip is not a median - it separates two parallel (two-way) roads (No. 3 Rd. and a parallel service road).
A report due to be presented to a city council committee Tuesday claimed the museum was a “necessary component of a balanced and healthy community,” and that the “city needs a new museum of the highest quality.”
The report is an update of a 2009 destination museum vision — at that time costing $45 million — and recommends building a 75,000 square feet facility on the middle arm of the Fraser River near a Canada Line station.
Rough estimates indicate that such a venue would potentially “break even” financially by its fifth year.
A slightly smaller project, at 60,000 square feet and costing $48 million, would take six years to break even.
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Personally, I think they would do better building a convention centre (with a theatre) near the Canada Line & Cambie - on the riverfront.
Last edited by officedweller; Mar 27, 2013 at 9:28 PM.
The right-of-way for No. 3 Rd. is very very wide in the area (it narrows for the London Plaza development) because before the 98 B-Line lanes were built in the middle of No. 3 Rd., there used to be a parallel service road to the west of No. 3 Rd. (or is it still there in places?).
So those areas are probably municipal property and not available for development.
Personally, I think they would do better building a convention centre (with a theatre) near the Canada Line & Cambie - on the riverfront.
Richmond heritage is a farming community settled by and built by the British. No matter what Richmond's racial demographic is now. The museum, if built needs to display Richmond's rich British heritage
Looks great, I really like how Richmond is evolving.
I'm loving how Richmond is evolving too!
They need to continue to densify the downtown area. No more office parks...or, if they are going to build them, build them near transit (like near the canada line), so that people can walk/transit to work, rather than drive.
Polygon Development 269 Ltd. has applied to rezone 9311, 9331, 9431, 9451 and 9471
Alexandra Road from "Single Detached (RSl/F)" and 9393 Alexandra Road from
" Residential/Limited Commercial (ZMU16) - Alexandra Neighbourhood (West Cambie)" to
"Low Rise Apartment (ZLR2S) - Alexandra Neighbourhood (West Cambie)" to permit the
development of four (4) residential buildings containing approximately 546 residential apartment
units and one indoor amenity building on the subject site (Attachment 1). The indoor amenity
building includes one concierge suite and one guest suite as well as common areas for all
residents. All of this is to be constructed in five and six storey buildings over one level of
underground parking (Attachment 2).
This is a massive wood frame building (5 & 6 stories) (4 phases).. but 546 homes...
Looks great, I really like how Richmond is evolving.
^^^^^^^^^^
Regarding the pictures you were referring to; yes! There is a synthesis to it all, in keeping with the neighbouring buildings, and giving a crisp fresh look that has more homogeneity than other centres where everything is rather hodge-podge (and lacking in taste, perhaps).
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