Little Mountain Redevelopment | U/C - Page 8

EastVanMark · #**141** Posted **Nov 24, 2015, 6:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by whatnext

Or developer cheapness prevailed. And that still doesn't excuse the banality of the architecture.

Sprinkle in a little greed with that too

osirisboy · #**142** Posted **Nov 24, 2015, 6:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by whatnext

Or developer cheapness prevailed. And that still doesn't excuse the banality of the architecture.

I disagree. With qe park right along this development it didn't need all that green space that it originally had. this looks way better now, in my opinion

jlousa · #**143** Posted **Nov 24, 2015, 6:59 PM**

I think being next to QE should meant all the more reason for additional green space, you want to blend into your surrounding not stick out. You could've easily fit the 2.3FSR they landed while still including fingers of parkland permeating through the development. The water features were a bit much but there should have been more green space, imo.

osirisboy · #**144** Posted **Nov 24, 2015, 7:16 PM**

That makes no sense to me. It's refreshing to not see parkettes and green patches crammed in everywhere that just end up becoming useless space. And I don't get why it needs to blend in. The west end beside Stanley park seems fine, for example. I actually like a nice sharp contrast between urban and park areas. Central Park in nyc comes to mind. Seems to do ok.

Jebby · #**145** Posted **Nov 24, 2015, 9:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by whatnext

LOL, go back to page 1 and 5 of this thread and see how all the little lakes, water features and interesting building forms have disappeared in favour of this, which looks like it came straight out of East Germany circa 1960!

I don't think you've even been to Germany.

Jebby · #**146** Posted **Nov 24, 2015, 9:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by jlousa

I think being next to QE should meant all the more reason for additional green space, you want to blend into your surrounding not stick out. You could've easily fit the 2.3FSR they landed while still including fingers of parkland permeating through the development. The water features were a bit much but there should have been more green space, imo.

I completely disagree. There should be less green space distributed throughout the development and it more concentrated within the center with higher density around the edges (especially on Main).

officedweller · #**147** Posted **Nov 24, 2015, 9:42 PM**

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Originally Posted by whatnext

LOL, go back to page 1 and 5 of this thread and see how all the little lakes, water features and interesting building forms have disappeared in favour of this, which looks like it came straight out of East Germany circa 1960!

That'll at least keep maintenance costs and leakage issues minimal.

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One thing is that the plaza looks like it'll be dead space (despite the rendering showing the scattering of tables and chairs).
It sits outside a daycare and community space.
The retail is over by Main Street.
It would have been nice if the retail had extended a bit farther into the development and surrounded the plaza.
(but then you might get noise complaints, I suppose)

The red areas on this plan are the only retail units in the development.
Hopefully, the larger one could be used for a grocery store, despite the awkward floorplan (which turns its back to the plaza).

Note that the lighter beige seniors housing has already been built.

http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/plan...tions/littlemountain/documents/chap5.pdf

osirisboy · #**148** Posted **Nov 24, 2015, 10:16 PM**

What's a neighbourhood house?

Vanelevatorman · #**149** Posted **Nov 24, 2015, 10:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by osirisboy

What's a neighbourhood house?

I'm thinking it might be a fancy word for small/private community center?

officedweller · #**150** Posted **Nov 24, 2015, 11:05 PM**

The Mt Pleasant Neighbourhood House description isn't very informative:

http://www.mpnh.org/about_us

On the entire page, this is the only substantive description - which itself is short on detail:

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Today Neighbourhood Houses are hubs for local community development activities and for programs and services that address local needs.

WugOverlord · #**151** Posted **Nov 24, 2015, 11:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by osirisboy

What's a neighbourhood house?

Burnaby Neighbourhood House describes them as such:

"A Neighbourhood House is a volunteer driven community based social service agency that provides programs and services in response to identified community needs. It is a place in the community that provides a warm and welcoming environment for people young and old from diverse backgrounds. Neighbourhood Houses are worldwide and have been in the Lower Mainland for over 100 years. Neighbourhood Houses are very popular in Vancouver where ten well-established houses are meeting the needs of their communities."

TourOdeon · #**152** Posted **Nov 25, 2015, 6:42 AM**

Located in John Oliver cachment is such a deal breaker

casper · #**153** Posted **Nov 25, 2015, 11:40 AM**

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Originally Posted by WugOverlord

Burnaby Neighbourhood House describes them as such:

"A Neighbourhood House is a volunteer driven community based social service agency that provides programs and services in response to identified community needs. It is a place in the community that provides a warm and welcoming environment for people young and old from diverse backgrounds. Neighbourhood Houses are worldwide and have been in the Lower Mainland for over 100 years. Neighbourhood Houses are very popular in Vancouver where ten well-established houses are meeting the needs of their communities."

It is a community centre here is the link to the Collingwood Neighbourhood house: http://www.cnh.bc.ca/

casper · #**154** Posted **Nov 25, 2015, 11:41 AM**

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Originally Posted by WugOverlord

Burnaby Neighbourhood House describes them as such:

"A Neighbourhood House is a volunteer driven community based social service agency that provides programs and services in response to identified community needs. It is a place in the community that provides a warm and welcoming environment for people young and old from diverse backgrounds. Neighbourhood Houses are worldwide and have been in the Lower Mainland for over 100 years. Neighbourhood Houses are very popular in Vancouver where ten well-established houses are meeting the needs of their communities."

Appears to be the in thing these days in community run community centres.

VanK · #**155** Posted **Nov 25, 2015, 4:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by TourOdeon

Located in John Oliver cachment is such a deal breaker

Didn't realize its in the John Oliver catchment. What's the next closest option? Tupper? How strict is Vancouver with their crossover catchments?

BodomReaper · #**156** Posted **Nov 25, 2015, 5:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by whatnext

Or developer cheapness prevailed. And that still doesn't excuse the banality of the architecture.

We don't need a second Marinaside where all the parcels are low density enough to have their own private park - right next to the one of the most extensive park networks in the city.