Downtown Vancouver Updates

[NewWester]

Originally Posted by trofirhen

Does this not all point up the necessity of taking the foot off the view-cone control brake pedal? Many buildings in the CBD have already undergone
significant height reductions, to leave the mountains visible. Can't we be a "normal" city and allow for a bit of extra height (like maybe a murderous 40 meters) or 10-15 storeys?
This tree-hugger attitude is really doing little more than depriving the city of a bit of extra dynamism, and the numbers I quoted - while ballpark, of course - are not really excessive.
Or are they?

It could also be that towers closest to the edges of downtown maybe shouldn't be the tallest? Viewcones aside, doesn't it make sense to have shorter towers along the edge and then tier up to taller towers in the centre of the DT peninsula to maximize views for people living within downtown?

[trofirhen]

Originally Posted by NewWester

It could also be that towers closest to the edges of downtown maybe shouldn't be the tallest? Viewcones aside, doesn't make sense to have shorter towers along the edge and then tier up to taller towers in the centre of the DT peninsula to maximize views for people living within downtown?

Thank you for that feedback. It makes a lot of common sense to me.

[spm2013]

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[Jebby]

Originally Posted by spm2013

I prefer the West-East slope. We should start from 1 storey builds in the West End and gradually grow to 100 foot tall towers in Chinatown.

End up with 10 story buildings?

[spm2013]

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[blzyvr]

The Electra by vancityhotshots, on Flickr

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The Capitol Residences by vancityhotshots, on Flickr

[blzyvr]

Waterfront Centre by vancityhotshots, on Flickr

[Klazu]

Someone has been buying a new wide-angle lens, eh? Great photos.

[blzyvr]

Waterfront Centre by vancityhotshots, on Flickr

[blzyvr]

Originally Posted by Klazu

Someone has been buying a new wide-angle lens, eh? Great photos.

[blzyvr]

MNP Tower by vancityhotshots, on Flickr

[blzyvr]

MNP Tower 2014.07.16 by vancityhotshots, on Flickr

[officedweller]

Over the weekend I saw a mini-blimp - the kind used to take condo display centre "views" pics - hovering at the First Baptist site (Burrard west of Electra). I only noticed it when it was at the roof level of Electra, and it descended after that - so I'm not sure how high it went before that.

[LeftCoaster]

^ Can't wait.

[Klazu]

Originally Posted by officedweller

Over the weekend I saw a mini-blimp - the kind used to take condo display centre "views" pics - hovering at the First Baptist site (Burrard west of Electra). I only noticed it when it was at the roof level of Electra, and it descended after that - so I'm not sure how high it went before that.

Cool. I wonder when that was, since I was home most of the weekend and I overlook that exact area. Didn't notice anything and there wasn't any notice to us nearby residents.

Sounds exciting, nonetheless! Almost "The Ultimate Vancouver Rumour Thread" level stuff.

[Prometheus]

This would be for the Gillespie mystery tower that produced "gasps of awe and excitement" when renderings were shown to an audience in San Francisco about 18 months ago.

The new West End Community Plan allows for 60 storeys on that site.

[logan5]

The part about the gasps is probly accurate.

[Prometheus]

Originally Posted by logan5

The part about the gasps is probly accurate.

Have you seen the renderings?

[Delirium]

From Changing City;
Here’s another development proposal for a narrow site in the Downtown Eastside. Christopher Bozyk Architects has designed this 9-storey 60 unit project for a fifty feet wide lot next door to Stan Douglas’s artists studio


Photo https://changingcitybook.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/in-gastown-2014.jpg