Downtown Vancouver Updates - Page 403

Metro-One · #**8041** Posted **Nov 8, 2011, 4:39 AM**

Love it! But never going to happen in that location. Wish they would use an area of the metro that is not locked into view cones.

officedweller · #**8042** Posted **Nov 8, 2011, 6:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by natelox

Jean Gang was interviewed in this month's Architectural Record and was quoted that her firm is working on the concept design stage for a residential project in Vancouver. Checking their website...

http://www.studiogang.net/work/2009/vancouverpair

Yeah, those were posted a while back and someone asked Concord and Concord stated that they were not actual proposals.
That said, the adjacent Aquilini tower is similarly organic - so maybe Concord will lean towards a non-cookie cutter design in NEFC (?).

jsbertram · #**8043** Posted **Nov 8, 2011, 6:57 AM**

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Originally Posted by trofirhen

Interesting (despite the sideways pictures) and a creative use of other barren, concrete urban space. Very good in iteslf, but I dont recall seeing the tower you spoke highly of.

.....(I'll look again; maybe it was those sideways pictures)!

The tower is west of the alley on that block (likely the corner of Howe and Beach), so it isn't part of the Under The Bridge area plan.

The Under The Bridge area plan encompasses the eastern half of that same block that is under the Howe viaduct (from the alley to Granville) and also the western half of the block under the Seymour Viaduct (from Granville to the alley).

Built Form · #**8044** Posted **Nov 9, 2011, 7:09 AM**

Latest pic of the BlueSky stir rental at 1142 Granville.

pic by Built Form

leftside · #**8045** Posted **Nov 9, 2011, 10:37 PM**

Wow. 21 Doors 90% sold out in first week:
http://www.thesalientgroup.com/news/

All the activity going on in the building has certainly moved a lot of the other "activity" away from the immediate area. Could be a nice street one day...

officedweller · #**8046** Posted **Nov 9, 2011, 11:13 PM**

Thanks for thr 1142 shot. Looks like it'll fit in nicely.

Locked In · #**8047** Posted **Nov 12, 2011, 12:25 AM**

Some decent progress on the final phase of Emery Barnes park - my photo, today:

hollywoodnorth · #**8048** Posted **Nov 12, 2011, 12:32 AM**

nice pic! and there is the social housing project crane at the old odyssey club site

officedweller · #**8049** Posted **Nov 21, 2011, 10:34 PM**

Pics by me today - 2:00 pm (i.e. time they are supposed to clear out by):

Makeshift construction on Georgia Street:

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entheosfog · #**8050** Posted **Nov 23, 2011, 3:39 AM**

Not sure if there's a thread for this one, but this is the site of Maxine's Hideaway in the west end, with the heritage facade precariously being propped up. No major excavation has taken place yet but I'm sure it's not too far off now:

officedweller · #**8051** Posted **Nov 23, 2011, 10:12 PM**

It seems so "flat" - tough to capture the character of a house with just a flat facade.

osirisboy · #**8052** Posted **Nov 24, 2011, 9:58 PM**

I was walking past here the other day and noticed that the building is empty with broken/boarded up windows and all the trees on the site has that orange construction fencing around them.

The building is a somewhat typical 3 story 60's walkup on the North/east corner of thurlow and Burnaby

Anyone know anything about it?

Log1988 · #**8053** Posted **Nov 24, 2011, 10:43 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by osirisboy

I was walking past here the other day and noticed that the building is empty with broken/boarded up windows and all the trees on the site has that orange construction fencing around them.

The building is a somewhat typical 3 story 60's walkup on the North/east corner of thurlow and Burnaby

Anyone know anything about it?

The building will be undergoing renovations to increase the number of rental units.
Source

officedweller · #**8054** Posted **Nov 28, 2011, 8:29 PM**

BlackBerry pic by me today of the Forever 21 site:

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officedweller · #**8055** Posted **Nov 28, 2011, 9:52 PM**

I also noticed that this building (Dunsmuir & Homer, the one that narrows the Dunsmuir street RoW) was sold - is it going to be redeveloped? Pic by me last week.

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PaperTiger · #**8056** Posted **Nov 28, 2011, 10:18 PM**

Oh god I hope so.

Right now Dunsmuir and Pender east of Homer is the dreariest most depressing part of downtown. I blame:
A) the god-awful BC Hydro building,
B) the ass end of the Canada post building, and
C) the Dunsmuir house residences.

Conrad · #**8057** Posted **Nov 29, 2011, 7:06 AM**

Speaking of Dunsmuir, is that sketchy building on the corner at Richards still there? The one with Suzette's Cafe (red awning) and some ESL school on top? I sure hope the wrecking ball pays it a visit soon.

LotusLand · #**8058** Posted **Nov 29, 2011, 4:42 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Conrad

Speaking of Dunsmuir, is that sketchy building on the corner at Richards still there? The one with Suzette's Cafe (red awning) and some ESL school on top? I sure hope the wrecking ball pays it a visit soon.

Yes it is. Also the scuzzy hostel across the street. Those two sites would make office tower locations.

jlousa · #**8059** Posted **Nov 29, 2011, 7:14 PM**

Don't think the site across the street won't be going anywhere for a while yet. My understanding is Holborn has an arrangment with the city to use it to provide lowincome housing. I imagine we'd see Little Mountain built before anything happens to that building.

LeftCoaster · #**8060** Posted **Nov 29, 2011, 7:39 PM**

So never?