General Vancouver Updates - Page 333

officedweller · #**6641** Posted **Dec 11, 2017, 8:37 PM**

Lightworks Building
Taken Dec 9th by City of Rain @ SkyRise cities:

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Originally Posted by City Of Rain, post: 1284627, member: 70034

I was there too.

IMG_9029 by Hung Lam, on Flickr

IMG_9035 by Hung Lam, on Flickr

officedweller · #**6642** Posted **Dec 11, 2017, 8:39 PM**

1650 West 2nd

By City of Rain @ SkyRise Cities

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Originally Posted by City Of Rain, post: 1284631, member: 70034

IMG_9118 by Hung Lam, on Flickr

IMG_9120 by Hung Lam, on Flickr

IMG_9122 by Hung Lam, on Flickr

BodomReaper · #**6643** Posted **Dec 11, 2017, 10:03 PM**

Blah. The design is way below par compared to the Mount Pleasant office projects of comparable density/massing. Fake stone, and the type of curtain wall you'd find in a suburban office park. Who was the architect?

osirisboy · #**6644** Posted **Dec 12, 2017, 12:58 AM**

I don't mind the stone but yes that curtain wall is a bit painful. I never noticed that little stone building beside this. Looks great! What's in there?

logan5 · #**6645** Posted **Dec 12, 2017, 4:16 AM**

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Originally Posted by BodomReaper

Blah. The design is way below par compared to the Mount Pleasant office projects of comparable density/massing. Fake stone, and the type of curtain wall you'd find in a suburban office park. Who was the architect?

How do you know that's fake stone?

I think the architect was our own D Leung lol.

GenWhy? · #**6646** Posted **Dec 12, 2017, 5:31 PM**

That "stone" building was there before the new one beside it, and was originally built in the 60's.

SpongeG · #**6647** Posted **Dec 12, 2017, 7:21 PM**

i think it is a caterers

Migrant_Coconut · #**6648** Posted **Dec 12, 2017, 7:25 PM**

Nyet - it's a French antiques place.

SFUVancouver · #**6649** Posted **Dec 12, 2017, 10:15 PM**

I had it in my head that the little faux stone building was for Artona, the thieves who run the student photos racket at Vancouver elementary and high schools.

SpongeG · #**6650** Posted **Dec 13, 2017, 2:08 AM**

yeah that is near that area too, i like walking around that area, its full of little surprises

osirisboy · #**6651** Posted **Dec 13, 2017, 2:45 AM**

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Originally Posted by GenWhy?

That "stone" building was there before the new one beside it, and was originally built in the 60's.

Oh is that actually not stone/limestone on the front? Haha

dleung · #**6652** Posted **Dec 13, 2017, 6:07 AM**

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Originally Posted by logan5

How do you know that's fake stone?

I think the architect was our own D Leung lol.

GASP

Way too small for our office. And the design embodies all of my pet peeves.

GenWhy? · #**6653** Posted **Dec 13, 2017, 5:38 PM**

New housing pilot program is out to prospective builders and developers with 20 sites to be selected by either late January or mid-February to be expedited.

Vin · #**6654** Posted **Dec 13, 2017, 6:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

1555 West 8th

By City of Rain @ SkyRise cities

In my opinion 1555 W 8th Ave. building is one of the best-looking contemporary infill buildings popping up in Vancouver: it's not yet another cookie-cutter product. However, West 8th and 10th Avenues should both be retail/commercial streets, not just residential. It's a mistake to make it so. To have a more vibrant district, we need to create a more walkable retail/commercial node rather than one that spans only along a long stretch. That's why Kingsway and Main Street are mostly dead, especially at night.

officedweller · #**6655** Posted **Dec 13, 2017, 9:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

The Windsor
in Norquay Village

http://news.buzzbuzzhome.com/2017/12/windsor-views-north-mountains-vancouver.html

http://www.thewindsorliving.com

Another rendering:

http://keymarketing.com/projects/the-windsor/

logan5 · #**6656** Posted **Dec 14, 2017, 3:17 AM**

Speaking of Norquay Village, have there been any stacked townhouse or row-house projects there yet?

officedweller · #**6657** Posted **Dec 28, 2017, 12:56 AM**

Henriquez twitter says Joyce got its development permit last week:

What if a tower wasn't just a building, but a bridge between a community and its skyline? We’re celebrating a project milestone for Joyce by @westbankcorp, which received its development permit this week.
Watch the video to learn more: https://t.co/dtt3u8evKn
https://twitter.com/henriquezarch

officedweller · #**6658** Posted **Jan 6, 2018, 2:37 AM**

More temporary housing -

Touted by Daily Hive as being in Olympic Village - it's actually in False Creek South or Lower Fairview.
It's at 2nd & Ash , just west of Olympic Village Canada Line Station.

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-olympic-village-housing-homeless-people-january-2018

s211 · #**6659** Posted **Jan 6, 2018, 6:31 PM**

Does the city actually define "temporary" in its info packets?

Feathered Friend · #**6660** Posted **Jan 7, 2018, 2:06 AM**

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Originally Posted by s211

Does the city actually define "temporary" in its info packets?

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The building would be in place for up to
five years, with the possibility to extend another five
years and would be managed 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week, by an experienced non-profit housing operator.

http://vancouver.ca/files/cov/595-west-2nd-notification-postcard.pdf

It's great to see a completely under utilized piece of city land being put to work. As my partner works in the area, you can bet we'll both be there to show support for this project. If the new False Creek South area plan is given right support, hopefully it will allow this land to do even better in the future.