CF Pacific Centre Developments - Page 178

PeterAKer · #**3541** Posted **Apr 17, 2021, 7:13 AM**

I'm still not a fan of the design.

trofirhen · #**3542** Posted **Apr 17, 2021, 2:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by PeterAKer

I'm still not a fan of the design.

Just out of interest, what might you have preferred?

jollyburger · #**3543** Posted **Apr 17, 2021, 4:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by VancouverOfTheFuture

i think the gutters are the line around the edge of the roof. a few feet from the edge.

Good catch! Yeah you can see those drainage slots on the underside in some of the photos from mcminsen.

PeterAKer · #**3544** Posted **Apr 19, 2021, 10:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by trofirhen

Just out of interest, what might you have preferred?

I would have preferred they use the space for max usage instead of it being a Apple Store vanity building.

This old design I loved the most

trofirhen · #**3545** Posted **Apr 19, 2021, 6:53 PM**

^Yes, that's an impressive design. Personaly though, I find that it is a little too much in that it leaves no open space. For that reason and for the angle, which I find adds a 'dynmizing' feeling,
I like the current design, though I admit that the whole thing is not perfect.

VancouverOfTheFuture · #**3546** Posted **Apr 19, 2021, 7:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by PeterAKer

I would have preferred they use the space for max usage instead of it being a Apple Store vanity building.

This old design I loved the most

as decent as it is, with the not-an-Apple-Store you know it will be quality and it leaves a decent amount of open space still.

also, we are literally the only city without a flagship Apple Store, and it was getting pretty sad.

MIPS · #**3547** Posted **Apr 19, 2021, 7:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by PeterAKer

I would have preferred they use the space for max usage instead of it being a Apple Store vanity building.

Don't forget that Apple's internal design team dictates everything. While the street facing proposal provided more commercial space it does not align with their Reality Distortion Field.

officedweller · #**3548** Posted **Apr 19, 2021, 8:47 PM**

Pics by me today:

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I didn't like that old design because it ignored the fact that the site was on a corner and essentially turned its back on Howe St.
by replacing the bad older retaining wall planter with a full 3 storey wall, making the pedestrian unfriendly environment there even worse.

The angle of the Apple design opened up the Howe St. side (removing the old retaining wall planter).

This was the Howe St. side of that old proposal:

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/paci...dome-expansion

EastVanMark · #**3549** Posted **Apr 24, 2021, 11:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by PeterAKer

I would have preferred they use the space for max usage instead of it being a Apple Store vanity building.

This old design I loved the most

Wow that was/is nice. Impressive street presence. And that balcony-Double Wow
However, as other have stated, the slanted entrance of the current design is nice purely from the perspective that it isn't the typical Vancouver cookie cutter format that has been done to redundancy in so many other instances. Guess we'll have to wait and see for the final product.

jollyburger · #**3550** Posted **Apr 24, 2021, 11:52 PM**

The roof at the Chicago store heats up to melt ice/snow (didn't work in this specific instance)

And maybe a similar drainage system

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The system is fairly clever in the lengths it goes to for visual purity. Rather than cluttering the edges of the roof with guttering, central drainage channels are built into the internal supports. Heating elements are intended to prevent snow and ice from forming on the flat surface, with the water draining away discreetly.

https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/03/apple...ago-snowed-in/

officedweller · #**3551** Posted **May 8, 2021, 12:06 AM**

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Originally Posted by SpongeG

any news on what will happen with the old Michael Kors space?

There is a hoarding across it now and it looks like there's work going on inside.

officedweller · #**3552** Posted **May 12, 2021, 11:11 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

There is a hoarding across it now and it looks like there's work going on inside.

Lucid Motors...

https://retail-insider.com/retail-in...rtual-reality/

osirisboy · #**3553** Posted **May 12, 2021, 11:24 PM**

Not a fan of car dealerships taking up prime retail space.

SpongeG · #**3554** Posted **May 12, 2021, 11:24 PM**

ok thanks. It's a good fit for the space, the Michael Kors was easy to forget it was even there.

officedweller · #**3555** Posted **May 14, 2021, 11:31 PM**

Pic by me today.

Membrane was applied to the roof yesterday and today.

city guy · #**3556** Posted **May 15, 2021, 12:36 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Pic by me today.

Membrane was applied to the roof yesterday and today.

such a big surface for a lot of people to look down too...it's too bad they didn't think about that

officedweller · #**3557** Posted **May 15, 2021, 12:38 AM**

It'll look like a MacBook eventually

Diegotheartist1 · #**3558** Posted **May 15, 2021, 4:25 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

It'll look like a MacBook eventually

Maybe it might look like a MacBook Pro, well the screen part with the Apple logo on top.

city guy · #**3559** Posted **May 15, 2021, 2:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

It'll look like a MacBook eventually

teriyaki · #**3560** Posted **May 15, 2021, 11:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by Diegotheartist1

Maybe it might look like a MacBook Pro, well the screen part with the Apple logo on top.

Would have been absolutely genius if they built-in a large light-up Apple Logo right in the middle of that roof.