New Vancouver Art Gallery | Proposed - Page 87

officedweller · #**1721** Posted **Feb 23, 2022, 11:51 PM**

I submitted a comment that they should open up the Georgia St. side of the courtyard and get rid of the monastic style cloister.

So the driveway will compromise the office development next door?
(or will it be out of order while the office block is built)?
That's a bit sneaky encroaching on the neighbouring parcel like that.

https://ehq-production-canada.s3.ca-cent...cb27c0ae0fba3faaefe8033c6d374bfbd267e35f

PeterAKer · #**1722** Posted **Feb 24, 2022, 12:14 AM**

I hope where it says Future Development Buildable Footprint actually becomes a park (Larwill Park).

Changing City · #**1723** Posted **Feb 24, 2022, 1:02 AM**

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Originally Posted by PeterAKer

I hope where it says Future Development Buildable Footprint actually becomes a park (Larwill Park).

It will be an office development (intended to recoup the value of the land given to the Art Gallery by the City). It was the bus depot from 1947.

Migrant_Coconut · #**1724** Posted **Feb 24, 2022, 3:08 AM**

There's a CPR tunnel under Beatty? Thought it was just the filled-in part of Stadium-Chinatown.

officedweller · #**1725** Posted **Feb 24, 2022, 3:19 AM**

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Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

There's a CPR tunnel under Beatty? Thought it was just the filled-in part of Stadium-Chinatown.

The original entrance to the Dunsmuir Tunnel was through the escarpment where the Spectrum condos are now
and faced BC Place leading to the North False Creek railyards.
When it was converted for SkyTrain, a new entrance was built facing directly east along the Dunsmuir Viaduct alignment.

Here it is before the current Dunsmuir and Georgia Viaducts were built.
You can see the Beatty St. Drill Hall for reference.

https://evelazarus.com/the-dunsmuir-tunnel/

VancouverOfTheFuture · #**1726** Posted **Feb 24, 2022, 4:12 AM**

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Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

There's a CPR tunnel under Beatty? Thought it was just the filled-in part of Stadium-Chinatown.

the tunnel still exists. it is like the Canada Post Tunnel to waterfront station, it still exists though that one was filled in with crushed rock. there are other tunnels also still in use downtown though i wont mention them.

madog222 · #**1727** Posted **Feb 24, 2022, 5:10 AM**

Gallery interior renders from the open house slides.

https://shapeyourcity.ca/27809/widgets/112515/documents/75522

officedweller · #**1728** Posted **Feb 24, 2022, 7:48 AM**

Please finish the ceilings!

jollyburger · #**1729** Posted **May 13, 2022, 6:03 PM**

Any reason for the concrete dividers getting removed from the parking lot?

whatnext · #**1730** Posted **May 13, 2022, 6:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

Any reason for the concrete dividers getting removed from the parking lot?

Are the temporary modular homes still in use?

Changing City · #**1731** Posted **May 13, 2022, 7:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by whatnext

Are the temporary modular homes still in use?

Yes, but they're on the office development part of the site, not where the Art Gallery is going.

whatnext · #**1732** Posted **May 13, 2022, 9:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by Changing City

Yes, but they're on the office development part of the site, not where the Art Gallery is going.

Ah, I thought maybe the barriers were moved to move them.

jollyburger · #**1733** Posted **May 13, 2022, 10:31 PM**

It seems like the North Van buses have permanently been moved to layover in front of the library on Homer?

officedweller · #**1734** Posted **May 13, 2022, 11:02 PM**

So does this reduce the likelihood of increased VAG funding from the Province?

BC government to build new $800 million, world-class Royal BC Museum
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/royal-bc-museum-new-building-closure

Migrant_Coconut · #**1735** Posted **May 13, 2022, 11:10 PM**

Pretty sure that if they'd decided to host stuff like the Convention Centre's Van Gogh and Michelangelo exhibits instead of whatever the hell these are, they'd have almost all their $400M by now.

whatnext · #**1736** Posted **May 13, 2022, 11:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

So does this reduce the likelihood of increased VAG funding from the Province?

BC government to build new $800 million, world-class Royal BC Museum
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/royal-bc-museum-new-building-closure

LOL, gotta love that caption under the Old West Town exhibit:

"Exhibits on the third floor of Royal BC Museum that have been closed and removed for decolonization"

TwoFace · #**1737** Posted **May 14, 2022, 12:10 AM**

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Originally Posted by whatnext

LOL, gotta love that caption under the Old West Town exhibit:

"Exhibits on the third floor of Royal BC Museum that have been closed and removed for decolonization"

Government changing history and proud of it

jollyburger · #**1738** Posted **May 14, 2022, 12:53 AM**

They should hold a referendum on this one and see how many people want a new museum.

s211 · #**1739** Posted **May 14, 2022, 2:10 AM**

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Originally Posted by whatnext

LOL, gotta love that caption under the Old West Town exhibit:

"Exhibits on the third floor of Royal BC Museum that have been closed and removed for decolonization"

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

What a motherloving joke this province has become.

VancouverOfTheFuture · #**1740** Posted **May 14, 2022, 3:08 AM**

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Originally Posted by s211

What a motherloving joke this province has become.

it gets better. hahahahaha.

Horgan encouraging people ‘to think before you hop in the car’ amid record-breaking gas prices

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"but right now I encourage people to think before you hop in the car. Do you need to make that trip? Can you do it with a neighbour or someone going by?”...

so yeah, getting rid of a factual museum exhibit to rewrite history is about par for the course.