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Old Posted Sep 5, 2014, 10:49 PM
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Rounded balconies look so 70s. That building fits in the area... not in a good way.
I think we can now safely say that this is one of the ugliest buildings in Vancouver.
     
     
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Old Posted Sep 5, 2014, 11:58 PM
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Rounded balconies or not ... The Lauren sho' is UG-LY
     
     
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Old Posted Sep 6, 2014, 12:16 AM
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I think we can now safely say that this is one of the ugliest buildings in Vancouver.
Not the ugliest, but high in the ranking. It's just such a mess of everything under the sun.
     
     
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Old Posted Sep 6, 2014, 11:50 PM
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I am still disappointed that trees were part of the Granville street redevelopment (at least so many and ones that will grow so tall) Smaller, slow growth trees (and fewer of them) would have been better.

Granville street should be about lights and animation, every other street in Vancouver is already about trees.

http://www.perreaultnurseries.com/images/arborvitaespiral.jpg

http://www.lighting-ideas.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/christmas-bush-lights.jpg


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Imaginative planting and lighting offers many creative possibilities.
     
     
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Old Posted Sep 7, 2014, 1:56 AM
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Imaginative planting and lighting offers many creative possibilities.

http://www.japan-guide.com/g7/2303_01.jpg

but i doubt Vision would ever do anything like that with those pictures. a lot of the lights in trees now i notice are left over from the 2010 Olympics. though i really do think it would be nice to have lights in the trees like in that picture above.

we should go back the the 70's where we had tons and tons and tons of neon lights, especially down Granville.
     
     
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but i doubt Vision would ever do anything like that with those pictures. a lot of the lights in trees now i notice are left over from the 2010 Olympics. though i really do think it would be nice to have lights in the trees like in that picture above.

we should go back the the 70's where we had tons and tons and tons of neon lights, especially down Granville.
Now there is something better than neon: LEDs
     
     
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Old Posted Sep 7, 2014, 6:53 AM
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but i doubt Vision would ever do anything like that with those pictures. a lot of the lights in trees now i notice are left over from the 2010 Olympics. though i really do think it would be nice to have lights in the trees like in that picture above.

we should go back the the 70's where we had tons and tons and tons of neon lights, especially down Granville.
Oh but the light pollution, the light pollution, the horror of the light pollution!
     
     
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not sure what the big deal is here. robson street already does this -

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Old Posted Sep 7, 2014, 7:01 PM
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It's not "what," it's "how" ....

From the picture of Robson Street above, it appears to be Christmas.
Also, it depends on the quality and intensity of the lighting decorations.
The Robson Street version is not very original in design, or very bright.
Contrast that with the trees outside The Wedgewood, or in one or two pictures in the pix I submitted.
There is a difference in quality in ambience, depending how it's executed.
     
     
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The ones along Park Royal during Christmas are pretty nice.
I suspect the Park Royal and Robson Street lighting for Christmas is being done by the mall owners, or the Robson Street Business Association.
Likely the city isn't involved, except to process the permits needed.
     
     
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Old Posted Sep 8, 2014, 5:12 AM
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not sure what the big deal is here. robson street already does this -

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to be honest, i find this looks kind of dingy and just overall not pleasing. the yellowy tree lights just thrown on the trees. plus the street lights are brighter then all the strings of lights in all of those trees. it should be like the photo above where the tree lights are brighter so that street lights arent needed; they should also be wrapped around the branches show casing how different each tree grows.

in reply to another post, i much prefer the look of neon over LED's. i have never been a big fan of LED's to be honest. if there is a choice between a neon sign and LED sign i will take the neon every time.
     
     
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Old Posted Sep 9, 2014, 7:03 AM
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i much prefer the look of neon over LED's. i have never been a big fan of LED's to be honest. if there is a choice between a neon sign and LED sign i will take the neon every time.
I'm happy as long as there are lights of any sort. In a city that's grey and gloomy for much of the year, decorative lighting is very important.
     
     
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I couldn't find the full-size version of this render I made a few years back... it would be interesting to see how everything stacks up against what was already a pretty impressive photo

     
     
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I couldn't find the full-size version of this render I made a few years back... it would be interesting to see how everything stacks up against what was already a pretty impressive photo

Ya dude that's sweet! Not enough future renders for Vancouver.
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I couldn't find the full-size version of this render I made a few years back... it would be interesting to see how everything stacks up against what was already a pretty impressive photo

That's what I could find:

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What on earth are they setting up now in the Concorde Pacific parking lot?
There's four or five dumpy little houses being reassembled.
     
     
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What on earth are they setting up now in the Concorde Pacific parking lot?
There's four or five dumpy little houses being reassembled.
Filming a TV show, "Game of Homes" or something along those lines.
     
     
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