[North Vancouver] Lower Lonsdale | Rebirth of a Neighbourhood - Page 44

Pinion · #**861** Posted **Apr 20, 2016, 10:23 PM**

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jollyburger · #**862** Posted **Apr 21, 2016, 12:25 AM**

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It would be nice if they could finish this around the same time as the Polygon Gallery and shipyards.

2017 Gallery
2018 Fall Shipyards
2019 Museum

Bottom of a condo tower is more appropriate for a museum and it's still pretty central so they can't have any complaints about access/transit.

Vin · #**863** Posted **Apr 21, 2016, 5:05 PM**

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Council did the right thing. The museum's funding drive was way short and they had no business case. This gives them a good location in a building they can afford without using prime space.

They could have given them a smaller corner by the skating rink, or at the site of the hotel. I always thought municipal governments should be taking care of cultural affairs, and not necessarily the private sector. There are practically no cultural attractions near the city centre and Lower Lonsdale areas of North Vancouver.

domusile · #**864** Posted **Apr 21, 2016, 5:31 PM**

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There are practically no cultural attractions near the city centre and Lower Lonsdale areas of North Vancouver.

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2017 Gallery
2018 Fall Shipyards
2019 Museum

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Pinion · #**865** Posted **Apr 21, 2016, 6:18 PM**

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officedweller · #**866** Posted **Apr 21, 2016, 9:37 PM**

A similar situation has the Nanaimo Museum occupying space in the Vancouver Island Conference Centre:

http://www.nanaimomuseum.ca/index.php?p=4_4

http://www.nanaimomuseum.ca/index.php?p=4_6

Hopefully the ceilings will be tall.

Pinion · #**867** Posted **Apr 22, 2016, 4:32 AM**

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Pinion · #**868** Posted **May 2, 2016, 1:45 AM**

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Vin · #**869** Posted **May 2, 2016, 5:08 PM**

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Different article on the museum with a few more details, including the old street car in the lobby.

The no-can-do attitude of North Van's City Council is really mind-boggling and retarded. They keep insisting that the museum will do terribly even in a prime tourist location like being next to the Lonsdale Market and ferry terminal. If that's the case, they might as well stop financing the museum entirely. If it's going to do badly at the Lower Lonsdale location, it will do much worse anywhere else in North Van. I guess the City prefers to remain a backwater community.

Thanks for the article, Pinion.

jollyburger · #**870** Posted **May 2, 2016, 8:29 PM**

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The no-can-do attitude of North Van's City Council is really mind-boggling and retarded. They keep insisting that the museum will do terribly even in a prime tourist location like being next to the Lonsdale Market and ferry terminal. If that's the case, they might as well stop financing the museum entirely. If it's going to do badly at the Lower Lonsdale location, it will do much worse anywhere else in North Van. I guess the City prefers to remain a backwater community.

Thanks for the article, Pinion.

The new location is closer to Lonsdale Quay and the ferry terminal.

LowerLonsdaleMike · #**871** Posted **May 2, 2016, 8:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by Vin

The no-can-do attitude of North Van's City Council is really mind-boggling and retarded. They keep insisting that the museum will do terribly even in a prime tourist location like being next to the Lonsdale Market and ferry terminal. If that's the case, they might as well stop financing the museum entirely. If it's going to do badly at the Lower Lonsdale location, it will do much worse anywhere else in North Van. I guess the City prefers to remain a backwater community.

Thanks for the article, Pinion.

Perhaps the city is basing this on facts. Every "community" museum I have visited has always been under utilized. If you want to draw in tourists, you need something more appealing than a local museum.

Pinion · #**872** Posted **May 10, 2016, 7:09 PM**

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Vin · #**873** Posted **May 10, 2016, 7:32 PM**

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Perhaps the city is basing this on facts. Every "community" museum I have visited has always been under utilized. If you want to draw in tourists, you need something more appealing than a local museum.

How many of those community museums are in such a prime tourist belt as Lonsdale Quay? The fact is that this museum already exists and is in a rather desolate place of North Van, so why would the City keep it in the first place if it's already bleeding money? Might as well move it to a better location and improve its exhibits and displays to attract more visitors: students and teachers, families with kids, tourists alike. People love to visit newly updated and refreshing places. In the winter months, visitors have virtually nowhere to go while visiting the Lower Mainland.

Pinion · #**874** Posted **May 10, 2016, 7:43 PM**

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Vin · #**875** Posted **May 10, 2016, 7:55 PM**

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I don't think you fully understand where the new museum site is. It'll be right behind the elevator shaft in the photo I just posted, ie closer to the Quay and seabus. It's an upgrade in location, not a downgrade.

If Polygon isn't willing to spare the space for the museum then this will never happen. Do you think the City will approve the museum at the original site if this were the case? I highly doubt it. Sometimes we have to grateful to the developers, although the size of the museum is now quite a bit smaller.

Pinion · #**876** Posted **May 10, 2016, 9:46 PM**

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jollyburger · #**877** Posted **May 11, 2016, 4:59 AM**

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Polygon has already agreed, that's why it was in the news. They get an extra storey of residential out of it, of course they'll do it.

Also I think you're wrong on the size too, won't be much different. Museum staff is happy with it, you're really the only person who has an issue with these plans.

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The plans call for interactive exhibit galleries on two floors, multi-purpose areas that would be available for rent, a public lobby and a gift shop — all housed in a 11,900-square-foot space.

New plan: 15,000 square feet.

wrenegade · #**878** Posted **May 12, 2016, 5:54 PM**

Wallace & McDowell update from yesterday.

W&M Construction Update - May 11th, 2016 - 1

Finishing detailing on the office building going in.

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Sidewalk is now complete down Lonsdale and around West 1st. Street Trees arriving either tomorrow or early next week. The bottom planter has to be cleaned up a bit. The Rhodo will be going.

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L-shaped lane is almost complete. Planters and stairs are done, and stamped concrete will be done by the end of next week. Public Art should be arriving in a couple weeks (to be mounted on the large 4-storey concrete wall and in the breezeway).

W&M Construction Update - May 11th, 2016 - 5

jollyburger · #**879** Posted **May 12, 2016, 7:56 PM**

Did you guys already announce all the retail tenants? I looked back a few pages and saw Brown's but anything else interesting?

BodomReaper · #**880** Posted **May 12, 2016, 8:02 PM**

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Wallace & McDowell update from yesterday.

W&M Construction Update - May 11th, 2016 - 1

Great update and great looking project! Very happy to see a strong line of grouting separating the brick panels, instead of an ugly gap. On another thread, someone said that the gaps are necessary for releasing water. If that's the case, is there a costlier solution here?