Robson Square Renovations - Page 91

s211 · #**1801** Posted **Sep 24, 2019, 12:03 AM**

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Originally Posted by Metro-One

I’m sorry, but if they aren’t going to use phonetics that the general population can read / pronounce for the new name, it will remain Robson Square for most for a very long time.

This.

Or does that brand me as being "colonial"? Hard to keep up with all the SJW invictives these days.

jollyburger · #**1802** Posted **Sep 24, 2019, 2:48 AM**

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Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

I take it the rink'll be closed too?

You can access it from the other side so I see no reason why they would close it.

mcminsen · #**1803** Posted **Sep 24, 2019, 4:28 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Fencing is going up and it does look like people will have to detour all the way to Georgia St. (north side detour),
cut through the VAG lobby, or via the plaza passage near the lowest waterfall past the red spring sculpture (south side detour).

Pic by me today - blue fencing circled in red.
There are currently gaps in the Howe and Hornby fences.
Shortest detour in orange.

Side note - the trees on Robson look much healthier than those on Howe & Hornby.
The ones around the main plaza probably got fresh soil when the membrane was replaced several years ago, so those are looking good.

Here's what that particular detour looks like (orange line in photo), starting on Howe Street going through to Hornby Street. There are no steps or stairs. There is a slightly inclined ramp on Hornby Street.

Sept.23 '19, my pics

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mcminsen · #**1804** Posted **Sep 24, 2019, 4:39 AM**

Perhaps the shortest detour is through Robson Square UBC. Going east, first pic is the entrance (down a few steps) on Hornby Street. You go down a hall and pop out on the other side (second pic) and up a few steps and you're in the plaza area near the main entrance to the Art Gallery.

Sept.23 '19, my pics

mcminsen · #**1805** Posted **Sep 24, 2019, 4:42 AM**

A third option is to go through the VAG lobby. Going east, enter off of Hornby Street (red awning) and go out the main entrance on the other side. Or of course, vice versa.

Sept.23 '19, my pic

mcminsen · #**1806** Posted **Sep 24, 2019, 4:46 AM**

The fourth option (the official one on the sign) is the longest. And today you had to go all the way to Georgia Street because they were setting up some displays on the north plaza.

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Originally Posted by mcminsen

Sept.16 '19, my pic

Sept.23 '19, my pics

truenorth44 · #**1807** Posted **Sep 24, 2019, 6:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Yup, very strange and agreed that going to Georgia will probably divert a lot of people away from continuing on Robson.
- see the orange line on my post at the top of this page.

I'm guessing it has to do with those shortcuts not being City owned property, and so they can't be officially used. Those shortcuts will be used by all who know about them! What do they call them? "Desire Paths"?

officedweller · #**1808** Posted **Sep 24, 2019, 8:46 PM**

Thanks for the pics!
I wasn't sure if there was a ramp on the Hornby side.

The dumb thing though, is that even if the orange line is not on City property
(which, agreed, may be the reason), it encourages use of Robson Square,
which is what the construction project itself is all about!

mcminsen · #**1809** Posted **Nov 4, 2019, 6:59 AM**

Nov.3 '19, my pics

mcminsen · #**1810** Posted **Nov 19, 2019, 11:48 AM**

Nov.18 '19, my pics

SpongeG · #**1811** Posted **Nov 19, 2019, 9:26 PM**

Its weird that it was covered up with asphalt? for a few years and yet the road underneath is untouched, I didn't think asphalt could be undone without damaging what is underneath.

cairnstone · #**1812** Posted **Nov 19, 2019, 10:48 PM**

I guess they never milled it off. Asphalt will have definite lifts in it that you can see when you cut a trench. If the base area is concrete it would be dissimilar and would peal off I believe

Galaxy · #**1813** Posted **Nov 19, 2019, 11:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by SpongeG

Its weird that it was covered up with asphalt? for a few years and yet the road underneath is untouched, I didn't think asphalt could be undone without damaging what is underneath.

I recall them putting down 3/4 crush material down on top of the concrete and then the asphalt was then put on top of the 3/4 crush material which made the removal easier and prevented the damaging of the concrete below the 3/4 crush layer.

mcminsen · #**1814** Posted **Dec 6, 2019, 6:35 AM**

Looking in from the Hornby Street side.

Dec.5 '19, my pics

trofirhen · #**1815** Posted **Dec 6, 2019, 7:09 AM**

Thank you for this photo update.
As I said, I have mixed reactions about this. I think that a contiguous Robson Square is fantastic. It will create a true city heart, in a rather "classical" manner and be great.
The negative reaction is only due to the busses and cars. Which route will they take? They will have to jog around the square along Georgia or go south somehow? Just how, please?
Globally, I'd like to see how solving this occlusion will be handled. Yet the idea of a three-block, landscaped square going from Georgia >on >south is timely and holds great promise.

mcminsen · #**1816** Posted **Feb 19, 2020, 5:06 AM**

Feb.16 '20, my pics

Graham_Yvr · #**1817** Posted **Feb 19, 2020, 4:56 PM**

Those dastardly pagodas are still standing strong. Surely these will be replaced as part of this makeover...right?

officedweller · #**1818** Posted **Feb 19, 2020, 10:30 PM**

I think that the membrane under the roadway itself has already been replaced (?)
- that's why it hasn't been removed.

officedweller · #**1819** Posted **Mar 14, 2020, 9:32 PM**

Pic by me today:

trofirhen · #**1820** Posted **Mar 15, 2020, 1:50 AM**

What precisely are they doing? Removing the hill? What will it be like when they finish?