Downtown Vancouver Updates

[officedweller]

Nice, thanks!
In today's pic, you can even see the remnants of those curved retail openings.

[Feathered Friend]

Vote on language to restore Recommendation B

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X-VjUsWEb0

Amended Motion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X-VjUsWEb0

Vote on Amended Motion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X-VjUsWEb0

After a couple nights of public speakers on the Area K amendments (two blocks of Granville St), city council voted to approve Recommendation B, to encourage mass timber design. Recommendation A that would have allowed additional FSR for rental and social housing was referred back to city staff for more community consultation.

[GenWhy?]

For f*ks sake

[mcminsen]

Originally Posted by officedweller

Your Selfie Could Be Part Of A Giant New Mural In Downtown Vancouver
https://curiocity.com/vancouver/lifestyl...a-giant-new-mural-in-downtown-vancouver/


https://pixelmoments.org/#homepage-location

April 8 '21, my pics

[VancouverOfTheFuture]

looking at old photos, the Birks building was nicer than the London Drugs building. shame it was torn down.

[officedweller]

Nice.
Too bad that cherry picker (with massive taped off surround) will be clogging the sidewalk for a while.

[officedweller]

By me today:

Homer & Drake

[Changing City]

Looks like the West End condo market is still perceived by developers as dead in the water. Bosa have applied for a new rezoning for their Thurlow and Harwood towers proposal. Instead of 202 condos, and 98 non-market units, they're proposing 575 rental units, 113 of which would be below-market. The massing of the two towers looks pretty much the same as the 2017 condo version. (As noted below, the materials have changed)

[osirisboy]

That’s great!

[Vancouver_Highrise]

I noticed most of the low rise rentals are almost all vacated now. I wonder if bosa plans on building both towers at the same time?

[logan5]

Kenneth posted lots of renderings on Daily Hive...

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/1065-106...-1332-thurlow-street-vancouver-bosa4rent

[mcminsen]

Originally Posted by logan5

Kenneth posted lots of renderings on Daily Hive...

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/1065-106...-1332-thurlow-street-vancouver-bosa4rent

Yes, lots of renderings. First one is the old proposal.




source: https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/1065-106...-1332-thurlow-street-vancouver-bosa4rent

[Klazu]

Wow, loving the red brick! We need more brick facade buildings in here.

[Coldrsx]

Masonry? Actually?

Damn

[VancouverOfTheFuture]

it reminds me of a modern take on a 60s design; the brick, circles/curves.

i am a fan and it will fit in nicely with the West End area.

[logan5]

Seems like rental buildings are a lot more interesting than typical condo towers. You'd think it would be the opposite. And that brick façade can be done relatively cheaply too, as it is just brick veneer panels that are fast and easy to install. Panels like these can easily be put in place of glass spandrel.

[Klazu]

The shape of the window awnings on this building remind me of that other proposed tower along western Alberni. Something similar about these two.

[zahav]

I wasn't sure about the new design in the distance renders, but in the up renders close I really like it. Very much a nod to the West End, even the metal balconies are a nod to the West End. I am happy to see the project has been reinvented as this, definitely will be better for the area.

[hollywoodnorth]

wow count me as a huge fan as well. love the retro feel of it and its respect to the older buildings in the West End.

[connect2source]

Absolutely love it!! Pays homage to the West End character absolutely perfectly, this is a great trend for the West End as many buildings approach the end of their useful life! So glad the area didn't get redeveloped during the height of the blue-spandrel phase.