Downtown Vancouver Updates

[wrenegade]

Originally Posted by connect2source

Seriously? "Where opulence and beauty converge"?

[Vin]

Originally Posted by wrenegade

Seriously? "Where opulence and beauty converge"?

Where landmark destruction and mediocreness converge.

[christmas]

I don't get the hate towards this project. They're decent towers.

[Urban recluse]

Really? I think if they are replacing this tower, they need to be spectacular, and IMO they fall short.

[csbvan]

Agreed. The tower there is an interesting example of its era of architecture. It's wasteful to demolish it for a development so painfully mundane. And for them to market it as "Landmark" is salt in the wound.

[connect2source]

Landmark name makes so sense at all. Pretentious tag line "where opulence and beauty coverage" is vomit worthy.

[vanman]

Originally Posted by Vin

Where landmark destruction and mediocreness converge.

No doubt. I'm still in shock that this is going ahead.

[giallo]

"Landmark"? Ha. It's like they are mocking us.

[Vin]

Originally Posted by christmas

I don't get the hate towards this project. They're decent towers.

christmas, tsk tsk tsk...

[Vin]

Originally Posted by Urban recluse

Really? I think if they are replacing this tower, they need to be spectacular, and IMO they fall short.

Originally Posted by vanman

No doubt. I'm still in shock that this is going ahead.

I'm so shocked I'm totally numb.

Originally Posted by connect2source

Landmark name makes so sense at all. Pretentious tag line "where opulence and beauty coverage" is vomit worthy.

Originally Posted by giallo

"Landmark"? Ha. It's like they are mocking us.

Originally Posted by csbvan

Agreed. The tower there is an interesting example of its era of architecture. It's wasteful to demolish it for a development so painfully mundane. And for them to market it as "Landmark" is salt in the wound.

Yeah exactly, that Kengo building a block or so away is more deserving to be called a "Landmark" building.

http://westbankcorp.com/1550-alberni

[ranvancan]

Originally Posted by Vin

I'm so shocked I'm totally numb.





Yeah exactly, that Kengo building a block or so away is more deserving to be called a "Landmark" building.

http://westbankcorp.com/1550-alberni

I agree with Vin and all those he quoted that, too, are saddened about this. IMO, the fact that Vancouver will so easily let go of something that one day was cutting edge, iconic and "Landmark" material so much that they put the word in the name. Vancouver is soooo backward or non-forward thinking that they could not even have seen a way to re-invent this taller building (in the area) for the icon or landmark that it's name says. I mean, it frustrates us all to no end that we just could have added some modern lighting features or even flood lit from below and evenly crawling the tall mass. We should have left a good thing alone and re-invented it. The restaurant could have been re-invigorated with a new owner, the tower could have taken on a whole new look and meaning or status. Two new boring residentials will only invite more opposing residents to lobby against 'normal city growth'. I hate this, I hate what the message Vancouver is making, and I have lived in Vancouver and metro Vancouver for my whole 52 years of life...........and I am out! A $5m house up the road owned by an investment corp in order to hold it for ransom to a new developer and put it for sale at $11m has pushed me out from ever being able to buy in this messed up city. I AM CANADIAN, and I am out of here!!!!

[Changing City]

Could this discussion continue in the Empire Landmark thread? That's where earlier conversations covered topics like the possible seismic inadequacy of the existing tower, the small floorplate of the current tower, and the economics of running rooftop restaurants.

[ranvancan]

No problem, but sometimes a wider more generic, less specific audience was targeted in my response? Thank you very much.

[LeftCoaster]

Originally Posted by Vin

Where landmark destruction and mediocreness converge.

mediocrity*

Originally Posted by christmas

I don't get the hate towards this project. They're decent towers.

OI do actually thin they're decent towers if proposed on a different site, but given what they are replacing I see why most think they are deficient.

[mcminsen]

Originally Posted by mcminsen

The old Pappas Furs building at Hamilton and West Pender.

Aug.4 '16, my pics

Nothing seemed to be happening for the past year or so but now it looks like they are starting to do something with the outside.



Aug.27 '17, my pics

[giallo]

^What's going to happen to it?

[mcminsen]

Originally Posted by giallo

^What's going to happen to it?

Good question. The interior was renovated between 1 and 2 years ago. It had a "LEASED" sign on it after it had been listed as "Over 20,000 SF of retail/office on four floors". I had been hoping the main floor might be a restaurant considering the great views overlooking Victory Square.



Sept.16 ’15, my pic



Aug.4 ’16, my pic

[giallo]

^ Gotcha. Thanks.

[RDW989]

After a long, long vacancy, the space, on Nelson just west of Granville, between Mean Poutine and the Mouse, is transforming into a Taco Cartel
My pix, Aug 28
[IMG][url=https://flic.kr/p/WWWdor]

[Doodler]

Originally Posted by giallo

^What's going to happen to it?

I remember hearing a rumour that the furniture store Avenue Road was taking space in that building - there's an article in the Globe about the upcoming store taking 12,000 sq ft in Gastown

https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/life/ho...773/?ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com&