Olympic Village & Southeast False Creek Updates Discussion - Page 250

Vanelevatorman · #**4981** Posted **Oct 15, 2014, 8:12 PM**

That's considered art? eww....Maybe if all the columns had it...Sort of like an urban forest idea.

logan5 · #**4982** Posted **Oct 15, 2014, 8:19 PM**

That is sad and pathetic.

WarrenC12 · #**4983** Posted **Oct 15, 2014, 11:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by logan5

That is sad and pathetic.

theKB · #**4984** Posted **Oct 15, 2014, 11:16 PM**

that would have been much more spectacular if the columns weren't there.

csbvan · #**4985** Posted **Oct 15, 2014, 11:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by wrenegade

A friend of mine lives in the Pinnacle building at 2nd & Crowe and from talking with his strata president he was told that the demolition of the old tire centre place at 2nd & Wylie is due to some permit issue with the city. Either the building is unfit or zoning/bylaws preclude a number businesses. Either way, it seems that the landlord has demoed the building and will turn the site into a temporary park until either the land is sold or rezoning occurs.

The site is being turned into public garden plots until developed. I think this is preferable considering how pathetic some of those temporary 'parks' can be .

David · #**4986** Posted **Oct 16, 2014, 5:44 AM**

Central is a mess!

Kapten · #**4987** Posted **Oct 19, 2014, 1:21 AM**

The former Speedy Tire at 2nd/Wylie was completely demolished and is becoming a community garden.

I wonder if any remediation is required before the site can become a condo development...?

urbancanadian · #**4988** Posted **Oct 21, 2014, 4:25 AM**

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Originally Posted by vanciti

The sheet piling at One Pacific is only along the BC Place Access road if I recall. Sheet piling will occur in Vancouver when a. you have a persnickety landlord who won't grant you a shoring/underpinning agreement or b. there are some form of underground services that may be under that access road that would prevent the proper underpinning patterns required to give the support needed.

Ah, gotcha. Thanks for the reply!

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I walked by Central today to take a look for myself... I agree that the public realm leaves a lot to be desired. I feel like it has a lot of potential though. It could work if they covered more of the columns in that bark, and blanketed the area with tons of vegetation. If they put some effort into creating a real rainforest-like setting, I think it could be a pretty special space.

To be fair, it's still not finished - for example there is still the water component to come.

Once the trees and other greenery mature, and once the area becomes more lively it will look better.

Also, the Central Valley Greenway is planned to run along the north side of the development. I assume this is going to be it here (alongside a one-way lane?):

All the pics are mine.

Prometheus · #**4989** Posted **Oct 21, 2014, 5:19 AM**

Thanks for the update.

officedweller · #**4990** Posted **Oct 22, 2014, 5:17 AM**

Renders of the theatre complex at Wall Centre False Creek:

http://www.proscenium.ca/work/west-first-theatre-centre/

doorguy · #**4991** Posted **Oct 23, 2014, 5:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Renders of the theatre complex at Wall Centre False Creek:

http://www.proscenium.ca/work/west-first-theatre-centre/

The TI's are out for tender now. Should start work in November with
completion scheduled for August 2015

officedweller · #**4992** Posted **Oct 24, 2014, 8:21 PM**

Thanks.

Last night I noticed that there's a bright red neon / LED patch (seemed wider than just a stripe) at the top of the Oppsal Tower.

WarrenC12 · #**4993** Posted **Oct 25, 2014, 12:19 AM**

Block 100 today, looking west.

potato photo is mine

SFUVancouver · #**4994** Posted **Oct 25, 2014, 8:37 PM**

^ I did a double-take, thinking briefly that this was the Concert development at 1st and Quebec and that I had somehow missed the better part of a year of excavation and below-grade construction. Thanks for taking the shot and posting it.

Jimbo604 · #**4995** Posted **Oct 27, 2014, 3:24 PM**

NE corner of W 2nd Ave and Wylie St is now all demolished and has been replaced by a community/property tax reduction garden. They forgot to remove the sign, though.

Speaking of the Concert Properties site, they have now poured a concrete foundation for... the display suite?

Photo Credit: me

LeftCoaster · #**4996** Posted **Oct 27, 2014, 6:37 PM**

Looks like display suite prep to me, good sign of progress!

axestone · #**4997** Posted **Nov 1, 2014, 1:24 AM**

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Originally Posted by Jebby

IMG_0309 by Yellow Fever @ SkyscraperCity, on Flickr

Wow! Central looks amazing… if you like post-war buildings in Stalingrad.

Jebby · #**4998** Posted **Nov 2, 2014, 7:14 AM**

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Originally Posted by axestone

Wow! Central looks amazing… if you like post-war buildings in Stalingrad.

I don't think you've ever been to Volgograd.

red-paladin · #**4999** Posted **Nov 2, 2014, 5:20 PM**

It's amazing the rest of the world loves our city so much when half of the comments on the internet by people living in Vancouver are about how terrible a city we have and how dull it is downtown

Vamo · #**5000** Posted **Nov 2, 2014, 5:42 PM**

Am i the only one who likes Central? Not the best obviously but it doesn't bother me at all.