800 Granville Street | 137.5m | 42, 38 fl | Proposed

[urbanight93]

Originally Posted by kikin

until the reddit hoards convince everyone to vote in another Stewart because they hate Sim or anyone else to the right of Lenin

So it’s not just me thinking people on Reddit are incredibly left leaning. I’m all for supporting everyone in society but we need to be competitive and be investing in our businesses, tourism and the economy given the current conditions.

[Metro-One]

Originally Posted by urbanight93

So it’s not just me thinking people on Reddit are incredibly left leaning. I’m all for supporting everyone in society but we need to be competitive and be investing in our businesses, tourism and the economy given the current conditions.

Depends on the subreddit.

But r/Vancouver, r/bc and most other major city subreddits in BC are extremely left leaning and there are some pretty bad moderators that will ban people for even centrist opinions.

The moderation here on SSP, while not perfect (no moderation ever will be) is sooooooo much better and balanced.

It’s so nice hearing the variety of opinions on this forum regarding governance and social issues in BC compared to the tightly controlled echo chamber of r/vancouver.

[WarrenC12]

Originally Posted by urbanight93

So it’s not just me thinking people on Reddit are incredibly left leaning. I’m all for supporting everyone in society but we need to be competitive and be investing in our businesses, tourism and the economy given the current conditions.

What does that mean in terms of municipal policy?

[urbanight93]

Originally Posted by WarrenC12

What does that mean in terms of municipal policy?

The most recent example being the City stepping in to fund the fireworks for a night. Reddit is screaming that this money should go to fund solutions to homelessness but the reality is the firework is a big draw and a major event in the summer that generates business and brings people together.

[WarrenC12]

Originally Posted by urbanight93

The most recent example being the City stepping in to fund the fireworks for a night. Reddit is screaming that this money should go to fund solutions to homelessness but the reality is the firework is a big draw and a major event in the summer that generates business and brings people together.

Does it? The city already contributed something like $1.6M towards it. Why can't private money fund this if it's such a money generator. Extra police, cleanup, etc. I'm not sure the City sees a net profit at all.

[kikin]

Originally Posted by urbanight93

So it’s not just me thinking people on Reddit are incredibly left leaning. I’m all for supporting everyone in society but we need to be competitive and be investing in our businesses, tourism and the economy given the current conditions.

I see nearly full on communist ideologies being posted on reddit, and those views are often the moderators' own ideologies, it is scary

they shape the consensus there by banning and silencing

[giallo]

Poster is up on the building.

Vancouver in February 2026-26 by Andrew Rochfort, on Flickr

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by urbanight93

The most recent example being the City stepping in to fund the fireworks for a night. Reddit is screaming that this money should go to fund solutions to homelessness but the reality is the firework is a big draw and a major event in the summer that generates business and brings people together.

Sure they found money for a scaled down one night fireworks display at the same time as cutting 12% from the Vancouver Civic Theatres budget. What has a bigger long term payoff for the city in terms of drawing people in?

[Migrant_Coconut]

Originally Posted by urbanight93

The most recent example being the City stepping in to fund the fireworks for a night. Reddit is screaming that this money should go to fund solutions to homelessness but the reality is the firework is a big draw and a major event in the summer that generates business and brings people together.

Depends on which thread. The ones I see are screaming that they could easily fund all three nights if not for "zero means zero."

[WarrenC12]

Originally Posted by whatnext

Sure they found money for a scaled down one night fireworks display at the same time as cutting 12% from the Vancouver Civic Theatres budget. What has a bigger long term payoff for the city in terms of drawing people in?

They also cut library budgets and swimming pools are literally falling apart.

I'd pay a 10% prop tax increase if 100% of the money went to new community centres and pools.

Frankly the fireworks aren't super important this year with all the FIFA crap going on. It's fine to take a pass and let them find more private sponsors for 2027.

[Glow Fun City]

Originally Posted by whatnext

Sure they found money for a scaled down one night fireworks display at the same time as cutting 12% from the Vancouver Civic Theatres budget. What has a bigger long term payoff for the city in terms of drawing people in?

Plus, the Civic Theatres are one of very few departments which actually makes money for the City…

[Tysonbrown]

Get rid of those trashy bars and tear this whole block down and start over. Time for Vancouver TAXPAYERS to stand up and demand better.

[gaviscon]

Originally Posted by Tysonbrown

Get rid of those trashy bars and tear this whole block down and start over. Time for Vancouver TAXPAYERS to stand up and demand better.

Agreed... What's more urgent though is the concrete public realm that looks like it's stained in black soot.. We need to start using higher quality materials for parks and plazas.

Do we even have plans to renovate the whole stretch of Granville?

[Tysonbrown]

Now get on with it already.

[AlessioSBT]

It will take a lot of time, like always.

Interesting fact, there a big difference between north america and europe in how public spaces are redeveloped.

Here in north america the city basically decides a plan and legally "approves it". But in terms of actually doing things the majority of the plans rely on private entities developing buildings on that area.The city can build a small plaza or add some trees here and there but if you have a plan for the area X the whole thing relies on buildings in X being redeveloped.

In other words, if you have a very bad area the privates are the ones taking the risk and using their money to redevelop everything without actually knowing if the end result (as a whole) will work or not. Just imagine putting the money for a project in east hastings.

But in Europe it works in the opposite way. If there's a bad area that needs to be redeveloped the city is the one building all the infrastructure FIRST. All the sidewalks, the parks, every bench, the road, etc.
Once the whole area is nice and done, THEN privates can choose to redevelop their own properties and that point is obviously way easier because you already know the area is nice and people will want to live there. And everything happens faster because of this.

But here it makes zero sense. Because maybe there are hundreds of buildings, it could take decades before they are all redeveloped and until that moment the entire area is always still partially bad, unfinished, etc.

[kikin]

Originally Posted by Tysonbrown

Get rid of those trashy bars and tear this whole block down and start over. Time for Vancouver TAXPAYERS to stand up and demand better.

the bars aren't really the problem though and most are not really that trashy and are run with lots of security, there are lots of nice live music venues too

what would be nice is if there were more of a shopping vibe there again, it was better around 2010 when it felt like you could browse through a lot of cool shops... as it is now I worry about the fashion stores that still exist there as they have to deal with too much shoplifting and the rough people involved in that (the London Drugs is another I worry about because that store is a huge asset to the area and the crap they have to deal with the public lawlessness is horrible, would be a disaster if they close)

[Hed Kandi]

800-Block Granville Street redevelopment moves forward

The Vancouver project by Perkins&Will now includes 550 rental homes, and will also integrate heritage, entertainment, retail, hospitality, and community spaces in the downtown core.

By Canadian Architect On Mar 4, 2026

https://www.canadianarchitect.com/80...moves-forward/

[LeftCoaster]

Hed Kandi.

[SFUVancouver]

Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Hed Kandi.

I thought the same! Welcome back, Hed Kandi!

Looking forward for an update to the architectural design to inspire Vancouver thread.