Very interesting, thanks! It is easy to understand how such projects were being proposed for this prominent site and it is easy to see how many people mayhave seen them as an improvement over what used to be there. Of course I am happy that those concrete commieblocks didn't end up being built there, as they would still be there.
What we have today (towers and the park) are really nice. I guess we got lucky with things taking so long and those people delaying development for long enough.
OK, so your excited about your new car. Please put your 50 photos in the car thread . . . they don't belong here. "General" refers to general building and urban development topics 'in general' around Vancouver.
Yeah, you are obviously biased with your color preference.
But you are right that it was a nice color. I really loved it and too bad BMW dropped all red/orange colors from this line-up. Maybe they will bring it back with the facelift in 2019?
Every Thursday I go to Kerrisdale and get off the #41 bus at Maple and 41st, which is exactly where the fire was. It was a little weird to go there again and see that section of the block destroyed. Although there were 7 businesses (and one apartment) lost, the ones on the 41st Avenue side were all fairly narrow storefronts so the stretch of the block that was burned was not quite as much as I had expected. The cinderblock wall the Salvation Army Thrift Store had seemed to have saved it. The store will still be closed for a while so they can clean up some smoke and water damage.
It will be interesting to see what might replace this section of block now. It was at the east end of the business district so there were houses to the east across Maple Street. To the immediate north of the burned out stores were the open playing fields near Point Grey Secondary School. These pics start as I approached the fire scene from the west. The last unburned store was the Sally Ann.
June 29 '17, my pics
Last edited by mcminsen; Jun 30, 2017 at 12:37 PM.
There was a funky apartment upstairs in the back of those burned out shops. See here. Here's the view that the guy lost and the view that new residents might have if there are any apartments in a new development.
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