Downtown Vancouver Updates

[rofina]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

Please explain.

Not a fan of having more advertising screens to stare at that only large corporations will be able to afford to advertise on. These also take up public space.

I understand there is a good revenue sharing opportunity for the City, but for me it signals another step in Vancouver's relentless march to faceless corporatism.

[officedweller]

I don't see why they don't just upgrade signs at bus shelters.
Some of these freestandng ones are in more prominent locations (ie higher revenue), but their placement is the source of the problem.

[Graham_Yvr]

Originally Posted by officedweller

I don't see why they don't just upgrade signs at bus shelters.
Some of these freestandng ones are in more prominent locations (ie higher revenue), but their placement is the source of the problem.

They are doing this as well. The bus shelter outside of Tiffany on Burrard near Georgia was recently upgraded. It requires digging and installation of power.

[officedweller]

Thanks.
That makes sense, though most already have lighting.

[Tetsuo]

Don't these things have camera's that track engagement/eyeballs?

I remember someone putting a sticker stating the fact on that new bus shelter outside Tiffany's

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

looks good, will it have a single entrance on Georgia?

On the corner I suspect..

[SpongeG]

would look better not on a corner. oh well.

[officedweller]

The hotel in the base of the renovated Coast Plaza will be a Sonder hotel.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/sonder-coast-plaza-hotel-denman-place-vancouver

[osirisboy]

Originally Posted by officedweller

The hotel in the base of the renovated Coast Plaza will be a Sonder hotel.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/sonder-coast-plaza-hotel-denman-place-vancouver

Interesting how the article points out the huge number of hotel rooms that have been lost. Even with the new ones that have been added.

According to the City of Vancouver, over the past decade, the gains from the construction of 1,457 new hotel rooms were erased by 2,562 hotel room conversions and demolitions. This includes the closure of low-end properties such as the Pacific Palisades Hotel (233 rooms), Coast Plaza Hotel (199 rooms), Empire Landmark Hotel (357 rooms), and Quality Inn Downtown (157 rooms).

Of the 23,000 hotel rooms that currently exist in Metro Vancouver, 57% are located within Vancouver. This amounts to 13,925 rooms in the city, down from 15,030 in 2008.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/interim-hotel-rooms-development-policy-vancouver-shortage

[Klazu]

All while we are experiencing record tourism numbers. Makes no sense other than redeveloping these lots just being more lucrative. Same with gas stations disappearing. High real estate prices affect everything.

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by Klazu

All while we are experiencing record tourism numbers. Makes no sense other than redeveloping these lots just being more lucrative. Same with gas stations disappearing. High real estate prices affect everything.

How many rooms did Air B&B add to the stock?

[mcminsen]

Originally Posted by mcminsen

The Hermes reveal has started.

July 31 '19, my pics

A little more to see.



Aug.3 '19, my pics

[mcminsen]

Originally Posted by mcminsen

St. Andrews Wesley United Church at the corner of Nelson and Burrard is now closed and fenced off for it's repairs/restoration/seismic upgrade. Could be eighteen months to two years.




April 10 '19, my pic

A few months later...



Aug.3 '19, my pics

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

How many rooms did Air B&B add to the stock?

Good point, there is a shift in the industry too, probably affecting the low-mid/ mid price point, which the closed hotels (being older properties) may have occupied.

[officedweller]

Why the heck are the two signs different sizes?
EDIT - To match the width of the window below? => designer being too pedantic.
Would have looked better with 2 even larger signs unrelated to window size.

Originally Posted by mcminsen

A little more to see.

Aug.3 '19, my pics

[SpongeG]

I was just wondering the same thing. I wondered if it might be an optical illusion.

[madog222]

They look the same to me, just perspective and shadows playing tricks.

[osirisboy]

Hmm. I think they are the same size

[Vanville]

New mural by Shepard Fairey on The Burrard Building, 1030 W. Georgia:

[csbvan]

Love seeing some large murals like that in downtown Vancouver! Montreal has a number of them in its downtown and they really liven up the blank walls of mid-rises.