Paradox Hotel (1151 W Georgia) | 188m | 67 Fl | Completed

[Prometheus]

Impossible to say when it was taken, but this photo depicting bluish/white lighting extending the entire length of the tower was uploaded 3 days ago:


https://www.instagram.com/p/BZ5KyOmHupG/?taken-at=105187640

[officedweller]

Nice one, thanks.

Originally Posted by Graham_Yvr

The lights do go to the top. They are not static though, so this image caught it at a moment when it hadn't reached the top, or was beginning a descent. It's quite random. I assume that randomness helps with complaints.

Thanks for the info.
I'll keep an eye out for them running up and down.

[SpongeG]

saw an old article

Wealthy locals, American billionaire among Trump Vancouver condo owners

http://vancouversun.com/business/local-b...naire-among-trump-vancouver-condo-owners

the american billionaire is: Kingston Technology co-founder John Tu

For example, American tech billionaire and philanthropist John Tu paid $7.6 million for units on the 55th, 52nd and 43rd floors, apparently spending more than any of the tower’s other buyers. His condos are now listed for rent at $10,500, $9,500 and $6,000 a month. Tu co-founded Kingston Technology, headquartered in Fountain Valley, Calif., which makes computer memory chips. Forbes pegged him as being No. 90 out of 400 American billionaires with an estimated net worth of $5.9 billion in 2016. He declined to comment on the purchases.

[Spork]

Shouldn't have a problem paying the $114k vacancy tax when those never get rented.

[bb1510]

Originally Posted by Spork

Shouldn't have a problem paying the $114k vacancy tax when those never get rented.

Did some digging online and found that they're all rented albeit lower at 9000, 8800, and 5000

[Vin]

Originally Posted by Spork

Shouldn't have a problem paying the $114k vacancy tax when those never get rented.

There's a reason why they remain billionaires: they're not dumb when it comes to money.

[LeftCoaster]

The lights have been on for the last several nights. They look good and have been playing around with a lot of different schemes.

[Vin]

Originally Posted by Vin

Boss says spiral lights are being fixed now and should be working soon.

Mr Tiah of Holborn did mention that they were being worked on earlier last month.

[Jebby]

Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

The lights have been on for the last several nights. They look good and have been playing around with a lot of different schemes.

They should light up the tower in red white and blue

[VancouverOfTheFuture]

Originally Posted by Jebby

They should light up the tower in red white and blue

for the colours of British Columbia? like the old BC Rail days? ahhh, look at that Spirit of BC flag; the 80s. haha. (that is Tumbler Ridge, that's why those are electric engines and not diesel.)


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[LeftCoaster]

Electrified rail lines in BC, never thought I'd see a pic with that in it.

[Jebby]

Originally Posted by VancouverOfTheFuture

for the colours of British Columbia?

Obviously.

[VancouverOfTheFuture]

Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Electrified rail lines in BC, never thought I'd see a pic with that in it.

yup, 7 custom built electric engines to pull the Tumbler Ridge coal trains. built in the early 80s and 1 has survived as a museum piece. if anyone is interested some info about them.
GMD GF6C Engine
as a comparison, SkyTrain is 650V DC power, those engines used 50,000V AC.

Originally Posted by Jebby

Obviously.

and i was just checking a lot of people forget that BC is red white and blue since the USA is a lot bigger and also red white and blue.

[truenorth44]

Originally Posted by VancouverOfTheFuture

yup, 7 custom built electric engines to pull the Tumbler Ridge coal trains. built in the early 80s and 1 has survived as a museum piece. if anyone is interested some info about them.
GMD GF6C Engine
as a comparison, SkyTrain is 650V DC power, those engines used 50,000V AC.

Thanks, that was an interesting education diversion for this morning!

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by truenorth44

Thanks, that was an interesting education diversion for this morning!

Yeas, a nice detour when we used to have a people's railway (before Gordon Campbell )

[IMG]BC RAIL by BCOL CCCP, on Flickr[/IMG]

[Vantage]

RIP BC Rail

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by Prometheus

Impossible to say when it was taken, but this photo depicting bluish/white lighting extending the entire length of the tower was uploaded 3 days ago:

Saw it lit up last night and again tonight in the bluish white
- best colour that I've seen it in.

[LeftCoaster]

It's been lit up white every night for the past week, seems like they've worked most of the bugs out. Still a small strip that appears to be missing on the bottom of the south facade though.

[Vin]

Two weeks ago the tower was lit up in multi-coloured hues that were moving up and down. Then they were switched off for a couple of days and I was like "Oh no, not again!". Glad they are back in the stationary ice-blue colour this week: hope this time its permanent.

[bb1510]

As the hotel portions of the Ritz Carlton in the previous iteration was designed by world renowned interior designer Yabu Puschelberg, you can expect their fees to be sky high. Now with Trump, they were axed and a different firm was hired; I believe Box Interior Design.

However, if you take a look at the as built hotel lobby bar as well as the spiral staircase and then take a look at other Yabu Puschelberg projects such as the Park Hyatt New York, you can definitely tell the similarities between the two, albeit 'cost engineered' and a less refined and elegant version.