The Georgia | 157m | 48 fl | Completed - Page 47

Spoolmak · #**921** Posted **Sep 9, 2010, 9:30 PM**

Vancouver ruins every building with clear glass.

vanlaw · #**922** Posted **Sep 9, 2010, 9:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by bulliver

Great shot guys. I wonder why it's taking so long to get started on the glazing above the office levels?

There was a post a week or two ago on the SSC Georgia thread that said there was a problem with the curtian wall or something, and the glass will start arriving at a fast and furious pace at end of Sept. Some guy who works on site posts at that forum.

trofirhen · #**923** Posted **Sep 9, 2010, 9:41 PM**

... gee, I wish we could have had that "crystal tower" ........

trofirhen · #**924** Posted **Sep 9, 2010, 9:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by Spoolmak

Vancouver ruins every building with clear glass.

What's the standard glass in big places like NYC, LA, San Fran, T.O. etc ??

Coldrsx · #**925** Posted **Sep 9, 2010, 9:45 PM**

^cause it is the sexiest and cleanest.

THAT IS WHY

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Coldrsx · #**926** Posted **Sep 9, 2010, 10:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by Spoolmak

Vancouver ruins every building with clear glass.

No, they ruin it with aquamarine spandrel and off green/blue mandated blinds on each tower.

ckkelley · #**927** Posted **Sep 9, 2010, 10:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by Hed Kandi

A render I haven't seen before.

Image removed due to lack of sourcing as per forum rules

I'm gonna miss my view.....

Phil McAvity · #**928** Posted **Sep 10, 2010, 3:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by Locked In

On an unrelated note, i'm pretty sure the sign on the hotel in the front of the picture is for the Mandarin hotel which hasn't existed for probably 25 years, but the sign is still there.

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Originally Posted by eduardo88

Why clear glass?! Why? Why? Why?!

Because when you pay half a million dollars for a small condo you should at least get a nice view. Would bare concrete be better, because i've seen lots of building with that.

wrenegade · #**929** Posted **Sep 10, 2010, 3:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by Phil McAvity

On an unrelated note, i'm pretty sure the sign on the hotel in the front of the picture is for the Mandarin hotel which hasn't existed for at least 25 years, but the sign is still there!

Metropolitan Hotel

http://www.metropolitan.com/packages/vanc.asp?c=yvrme_nam

On a hotel-related note. I was in San Fran over the weekend and stayed in a Kimpton Hotel. They have quite a few in San Fran, many in older buildings (the one I stayed in was built in 1925). Seemed to run a pretty good ship, I look forward to them opening the hotel Georgia.

Phil McAvity · #**930** Posted **Sep 10, 2010, 4:21 PM**

^ahhh so it's the Metropolitan logo not the Mandarin, but i'm pretty sure it was the Mandarin Hotel before it was the Delta and now, the Metropolitan. Thanks.

I've never heard of Kimpton Hotels but I looked them up and there are dozens of them in the states, but this looks like their first Canadian property. Hopefully it will be their best.

eduardo88 · #**931** Posted **Sep 10, 2010, 6:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by Phil McAvity

Because when you pay half a million dollars for a small condo you should at least get a nice view. Would bare concrete be better, because i've seen lots of building with that.

No, but I'd want high quality tinted glass so 1) the building i'm spending a fortune to buy into looks nice 2) you can't see straight into my condo

Spoolmak · #**932** Posted **Sep 10, 2010, 9:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by trofirhen

What's the standard glass in big places like NYC, LA, San Fran, T.O. etc ??

I dont know ? Not see through so you can clearly see the curtains hanging behind it. Like Ive said before when you have 150 curtains hanging, and 200 not it looks like a hurricane ripped through and blew out the windows. Do you guys think that clear glass actually looks good on a highrise condo?

Delirium · #**933** Posted **Sep 11, 2010, 12:47 PM**

curtains? who hangs up curtains nowadays anyway? all condos come with blinds and most stratas bar you from putting up anything else. it keeps things looking somewhat uniform.

it's not to say that clear glass looks better. it doesn't. but being in vancouver, having tinted glass on a condo does not make sense. i know, i lived in one. while the summer months are nice, tint makes your place very dark in the winter months and it's not very pleasant. i remember having to turn on the lights at noon because it was so dark.

toronto on the other hand, oddly, many new condos don't come with standard blinds and you get this ridiculous looking hodgepodge of curtains, blinds, bed sheets, aluminum foil, etc. it looks terrible. at least we have a standard in this respect.

my beef is more with clear glass office buildings. that looks bad. imo, office towers should always have completely reflective glass...

Spoolmak · #**934** Posted **Sep 11, 2010, 10:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by Delirium

curtains? who hangs up curtains nowadays anyway? all condos come with blinds and most stratas bar you from putting up anything else. it keeps things looking somewhat uniform.

it's not to say that clear glass looks better. it doesn't. but being in vancouver, having tinted glass on a condo does not make sense. i know, i lived in one. while the summer months are nice, tint makes your place very dark in the winter months and it's not very pleasant. i remember having to turn on the lights at noon because it was so dark.

toronto on the other hand, oddly, many new condos don't come with standard blinds and you get this ridiculous looking hodgepodge of curtains, blinds, bed sheets, aluminum foil, etc. it looks terrible. at least we have a standard in this respect.

my beef is more with clear glass office buildings. that looks bad. imo, office towers should always have completely reflective glass...

Never thought of it like that. Good point. I guess in a dark and gloomy winter city like Vancouver, you want all the light you can get before you go completely insane.

Yume-sama · #**935** Posted **Sep 11, 2010, 11:54 PM**

I have blackout curtains in the two bedrooms

The sun will not get to me!

nova9 · #**936** Posted **Sep 12, 2010, 7:53 AM**

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Originally Posted by Yume-sama

I have blackout curtains in the two bedrooms

The sun will not get to me!

what are you? a vampire?

Yume-sama · #**937** Posted **Sep 12, 2010, 8:11 AM**

If I was I wouldn't tell you!

But my sleeping hours are all over the place, maybe go to bed at 3 - 4AM and wake up at noon some times~

Every unit in the building has blinds that came with it so it looks "uniform" from the outside~

phesto · #**938** Posted **Sep 12, 2010, 11:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by awvan

Metropolitan Hotel

http://www.metropolitan.com/packages/vanc.asp?c=yvrme_nam

On a hotel-related note. I was in San Fran over the weekend and stayed in a Kimpton Hotel. They have quite a few in San Fran, many in older buildings (the one I stayed in was built in 1925). Seemed to run a pretty good ship, I look forward to them opening the hotel Georgia.

Hotel Georgia will be re-opened under the Rosewood Hotel brand, not Kimpton. Kimpton ran the Pacific Palisades hotel until it closed a few months ago...I'm sure they'll be back in Vancouver some day.

wrenegade · #**939** Posted **Sep 13, 2010, 7:01 AM**

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Originally Posted by phesto

Hotel Georgia will be re-opened under the Rosewood Hotel brand, not Kimpton. Kimpton ran the Pacific Palisades hotel until it closed a few months ago...I'm sure they'll be back in Vancouver some day.

Whoops, my mistake. You're totally right.

Locked In · #**940** Posted **Sep 15, 2010, 5:45 AM**

One more floor since my last update on Sept 8 - my photo, taken today:

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