Downtown Vancouver Updates - Page 978

dreambrother808 · #**19541** Posted **May 27, 2021, 7:05 PM**

The park looks good. The issue is more one of location. What is the point of the elevated walkways when there is no view worth actually looking at, when two sides are surrounded by blank walls?

VancouverOfTheFuture · #**19542** Posted **May 27, 2021, 8:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by whatnext

The city should move to the model of fencing and locking the downtown parks up overnight, as cities elsewhere do.

as much as i hate the idea of locking up parks over night, i think we are quickly getting to that point in Vancouver... it is sad what has become of the city.

officedweller · #**19543** Posted **May 27, 2021, 9:03 PM**

More kid-oriented features than I thought.
The railings, with the inward angle designed before Covid, come across as confining.
There should be some space on the north side, I think, where there's less danger of people spitting on you or crows pooping on you from above.

Vancouver_Highrise · #**19544** Posted **May 27, 2021, 10:30 PM**

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/the-berkeley-1770-davie-street-vancouver-douglas-coupland-mural

jollyburger · #**19545** Posted **May 27, 2021, 11:05 PM**

Looks like Landa Global was trying to buy the Evergreen House project but got outbid by Solterra? Thought it sounds like Landa might submit a better offer.

https://documentcentre.ey.com/#/detail-engmt?eid=385

There's another hearing in a week.

VancouverOfTheFuture · #**19546** Posted **May 28, 2021, 12:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by Vancouver_Highrise

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/the-berkeley-1770-davie-street-vancouver-douglas-coupland-mural

i am not a fan of it at all. too busy for my liking.

officedweller · #**19547** Posted **May 28, 2021, 1:12 AM**

Yeah, pretty busy.

Metro-One · #**19548** Posted **May 28, 2021, 1:33 AM**

It has a real African vibe to it, I like it. One or two towers in the city with such a busy pattern will add some nice texture. I don’t want to see every tower like this though...

It’s also the perfect size for such a design.

Tanchiro · #**19549** Posted **May 28, 2021, 2:04 AM**

Rooftop views at Avenue One.

city guy · #**19550** Posted **May 28, 2021, 2:10 AM**

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Originally Posted by VancouverOfTheFuture

i am not a fan of it at all. too busy for my liking.

it's horrible...so aggressive, particularly in that location

trofirhen · #**19551** Posted **May 28, 2021, 2:23 AM**

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Originally Posted by VancouverOfTheFuture

as much as i hate the idea of locking up parks over night, i think we are quickly getting to that point in Vancouver... it is sad what has become of the city.

In light of the recent thumbs down on Councillor Boyle's housing initiative, which seems to signal an acceptance of the status quo (unaffordable housing costs > homeless people ...)
while it is sad to the point of being disastrous, with solutions like tiny houses at hand left ignored (look at Seattle and Portland in contrast, as examples of citiies taking steps to mitigate homelessness) it seems almost a perverse poetic justice that that may happen.
For some reason, the city and the province have let the housing crisis run wild, while all the time paying lip service to it, and if it spills into the public realm .... well, they've been warned.
It is tragic that both the park-going public and the homeless people will suffer for it.

s211 · #**19552** Posted **May 28, 2021, 2:44 AM**

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Originally Posted by Metro-One

It has a real African vibe to it

Metro-One · #**19553** Posted **May 28, 2021, 2:50 AM**

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Originally Posted by s211

Hahaha! That’s right, I forgot, to respect all non western white cultures these days we must package them into boxes, police who can proctice them, and make sure they never change / evolve / become part of the larger world culture.

Zepfancouver · #**19554** Posted **May 28, 2021, 2:50 AM**

It reminds me of the beach front properties in Southern California, Newport Beach and Santa Monica (I've vacationed there in the 90's).
Colorful buildings along the beach looks good.

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TwoFace · #**19555** Posted **May 28, 2021, 3:56 AM**

Yes, should go well with the Beach scene

ranvancan · #**19556** Posted **May 28, 2021, 5:26 AM**

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Originally Posted by VancouverOfTheFuture

i am not a fan of it at all. too busy for my liking.

Well just maybe you might get your way as it is in Vancouver. Perhaps it will be painted grey. Perfect for those grey 9 months of the year????

Klazu · #**19557** Posted **May 28, 2021, 6:04 AM**

My god. The will manage to make what was already an ugly building even uglier. Unfortunate state of things for such a visible corner. They should have just torn down the old building.

Marshal · #**19558** Posted **May 28, 2021, 6:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by ranvancan

Well just maybe you might get your way as it is in Vancouver. Perhaps it will be painted grey. Perfect for those grey 9 months of the year????

Not liking mediocre art at a giant scale is not equatable to wanting 'grey.'

giallo · #**19559** Posted **May 28, 2021, 6:39 AM**

I like it, given the location. It'll add some interesting colour to the area.

I can understand why people don't like it though.

SpongeG · #**19560** Posted **May 28, 2021, 6:46 AM**

I like it too. Is it painted? or some other material?