Vancouver House (1400 Howe St) | 151.5m | 52Fl | Completed - Page 30

officedweller · #**581** Posted **Feb 20, 2015, 9:59 PM**

Maybe a movie is filming something?

mcminsen · #**582** Posted **Mar 15, 2015, 1:00 AM**

I could have sworn that the big old building on the site was still all there a few days ago. It's mostly gone now. I guess once they get the finicky stuff done inside it's pretty quick to bring it down.

March 14 '15, all my pics

osirisboy · #**583** Posted **Mar 15, 2015, 1:17 AM**

Yea they just started taking it down yesterday. They go fast once they get started

mcminsen · #**584** Posted **Mar 15, 2015, 1:25 AM**

You can see in the second pic that the little wood office(?) thing they were building is still there.

Klazu · #**585** Posted **Mar 15, 2015, 1:31 AM**

Finally! I hope excavation will commence soon after.

SFUVancouver · #**586** Posted **Mar 15, 2015, 1:39 AM**

I remember being in that mini-storage building once; kind of strange to know that a place one has been in no longer exists.

whatnext · #**587** Posted **Mar 15, 2015, 6:05 PM**

I always wondered what that building was originally built as. Looks to be pretty substantial construction.

Dimswitch · #**588** Posted **Mar 15, 2015, 7:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by mcminsen

You can see in the second pic that the little wood office(?) thing they were building is still there.

Sad news gang, that little wood bldg is Vancouver House, they ran out of money and had to downsize!

Jebby · #**589** Posted **Mar 16, 2015, 2:37 AM**

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Originally Posted by Dimswitch

Sad news gang, that little wood bldg is Vancouver House, they ran out of money and had to downsize!

I thought they were going to try and go for a 50-story wood frame.

vanciti · #**590** Posted **Mar 16, 2015, 3:19 PM**

[QUOTE=mcminsen;6951174]I could have sworn that the big old building on the site was still all there a few days ago. It's mostly gone now. I guess once they get the finicky stuff done inside it's pretty quick to bring it down.

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There was extensive asbestos in the building, including the exterior, which is why it was tarped.

Klazu · #**591** Posted **Mar 20, 2015, 2:52 AM**

Yesterday we went to see a townhouse under Pomaria tower, just across from the construction site. Didn't like the place one bit and the sunlight of the rooftop patio will be completely blocked by this tower.

officedweller · #**592** Posted **Mar 20, 2015, 5:35 AM**

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Originally Posted by Klazu

Yesterday we went to see a townhouse under Pomaria tower, just across from the construction site. Didn't like the place one bit and the sunlight of the rooftop patio will be completely blocked by this tower.

I remember that some of those townhouses had a cool layout with a catwalk on the second level - was it one of those?

Klazu · #**593** Posted **Mar 20, 2015, 2:13 PM**

Not sure what a catwalk is, but there was a huge open space and the stairs to third floor were crossing this open space. It was somewhat interesting, but we found the layout to be highly impractical. For a 1300 sqf suite the place felt tiny.

I would be interested to see a suite in the tower itself, although not facing Vancouver House.

officedweller · #**594** Posted **Mar 20, 2015, 8:52 PM**

By catwalk I mean a hallway/walkway/mezzanine with "air" on both sides looking down into the room below.

Bcasey25raptor · #**595** Posted **Mar 20, 2015, 9:06 PM**

Article on global news mentioned forum sites complaining about Vancouver's table top skyline.

http://globalnews.ca/news/1891113/construction-on-vancouver-house-beginning/

Klazu · #**596** Posted **Mar 20, 2015, 11:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

By catwalk I mean a hallway/walkway/mezzanine with "air" on both sides looking down into the room below.

Ah, then I caught your drift. Yes, there was a catwalk up to the third floor. Somewhat interesting feature, yet quite wasteful use of space.

Infrequent Poster · #**597** Posted **Mar 20, 2015, 11:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by Bcasey25raptor

Article on global news mentioned forum sites complaining about Vancouver's table top skyline.

http://globalnews.ca/news/1891113/construction-on-vancouver-house-beginning/

I like how in the first paragraph they talk about it being a 59 storey tower (its not). Then you get to paragraph four, and they talk about it being 52 floors (which it is).

Thanks for the link.

Bcasey25raptor · #**598** Posted **Mar 21, 2015, 1:38 AM**

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Originally Posted by Infrequent Poster

I like how in the first paragraph they talk about it being a 59 storey tower (its not). Then you get to paragraph four, and they talk about it being 52 floors (which it is).

Thanks for the link.

Global news isn't the best but hey, they're local enough.

Dimswitch · #**599** Posted **Mar 21, 2015, 7:56 PM**

Well the obvious answer to this is what many of us here have been saying for ages, GET RID OF THOSE VIEW CONES! The only people they serve are those elected bozos in City Hall who spend way too much time gazing out their windows looking at the mountains instead of running the city!

uzi · #**600** Posted **Mar 22, 2015, 3:09 AM**

cant wait to see what it will look like after completion. is there any building in world that look like this?