Downtown Vancouver Updates

[Genauso]

Originally Posted by misterchill

Shigeru Ban's Wooden Coal Harbour Tower

http://www.dezeen.com/2016/07/12/shigeru...structure-wooden-tower-vancouver-canada/

I clicked through the article to another Shigeru Ban project, Shigeru Ban's timber-framed office building in Switzerland shown in new video. July 2015

Wow, I'm a big fan. Build that exact building 10 times in Vancouver. This Shigeru Ban is going places.

[mcminsen]

Originally Posted by mcminsen

The Ormidale Block on Hastings is moving right along now. Second floor went up in the past week.


June 7 '16, my pics

Five weeks later...



July 13 '16, my pics

[mcminsen]

Originally Posted by mcminsen

41 East Hastings, the old United We Can bottle depot site.

June 7 '16, my pics

July 13 '16, my pics

[mcminsen]

Originally Posted by mcminsen

June 7 '16, my pics

150 E. Cordova.



July 13 '16, my pics

[BodomReaper]

Thanks for the update - looks slick.

[mcminsen]

Originally Posted by mcminsen

nə́c̓aʔmat ct on Hastings (near Heatley) is coming along nicely. I had not noticed the big open space on the ground floor before.

May 17 '16, my pics

An update on nə́c̓aʔmat ct.

Click on the link in my quoted post above for previous pictures, information and a link to hear the pronunciation of the name of the new Strathcona library and social housing.



July 15 '16, my pics

[mcminsen]

Originally Posted by mcminsen

June 20 '16, my pics

Jim Deva Plaza update.



July 16 '16, my pics

[mcminsen]

Originally Posted by mcminsen

Here are some ground level pics from the 1171 Jervis demolition today.

June 29 '16, my pics

1171 Jervis update. That looks like really rich soil.



July 16 '16, my pics

[SFUVancouver]

Out of passive-aggressive curiosity, I wonder where is the hue and cry about Vision and Gregor and the war on the car with respect to Jim Deva Plaza?

[connect2source]

Originally Posted by SFUVancouver

Out of passive-aggressive curiosity, I wonder where is the hue and cry about Vision and Gregor and the war on the car with respect to Jim Deva Plaza?

Really no net loss in navigable streets here. They opened up the adjoining cut-de-sac immediately south of Jim Deva plaza on Bute to accommodate lane access and access to Bute Street from Burnaby Street.

[jlousa]

Exactly. Most posters on this forum aren't anti bike lane so much as they hate having their car lanes removed. There was no real loss here, just like there was no uproar on the Beatty st lane implementation.

[osirisboy]

Well they did reduce davie to one lane east bound. Not a huge inconvenience, only issue is if a car is turning left you can't go around them anymore so that could be a bit of a bottle neck. Hopefully they put a left turn restriction although I doubt it

[Hourglass]

Originally Posted by osirisboy

Well they did reduce davie to one lane east bound. Not a huge inconvenience, only issue is if a car is turning left you can't go around them anymore so that could be a bit of a bottle neck. Hopefully they put a left turn restriction although I doubt it

Or if someone is crawling along at 10km/h, which happened to me the other day...

[Tetsuo]

I liked the way the plaza turned out, just too bad that yellow post is required to stop any clueless drivers

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by Tetsuo

I liked the way the plaza turned out, just too bad that yellow post is required to stop any clueless drivers

Is the curb setup like that to provide emergency vehicle access? They wouldn't probably need a post if there was a regular curb.

[urbancanadian]

Rezoning application for the Covenant House sites:

530 and 575 Drake Street (Covenant House)
http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/planning/rezoning/applications/530and575drake/index.htm

I'm tired, so I'm just posting the link. Hopefully someone will be able to post the details. Cheers!

PS - Love how Jim Deva Plaza is turning out. Thanks for the pics!

[excel]

My picture.

[excel]

New art exhibit outside Shangri-La



My pictures.

[jacobparry]

Is there any more info other than the one rendering released last week?

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by excel

New art exhibit outside Shangri-La

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My pictures.

It would be better if the tree were — on a statue of a dog.