Social Housing in Vancouver - The 14 Sites - Page 9

hollywoodnorth · #**161** Posted **Aug 30, 2011, 4:00 AM**

thanks for the updates

LeftCoaster · #**162** Posted **Aug 30, 2011, 1:11 PM**

Looks like someone is warming up to take over SFU Vancouver's general Vancouver updates...

mr.sandbag · #**163** Posted **Aug 30, 2011, 3:14 PM**

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mr.sandbag · #**164** Posted **Aug 30, 2011, 3:15 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by entheosfog

Fir street project, taken from 8th ave:

driving south on fir is going to look totally different once 6th and fir is added. kind of a neat little corridor

wrenegade · #**165** Posted **Sep 1, 2011, 5:38 AM**

Excavation has begun at 215 W 2nd Ave.

IMG_0273.jpg by Alex.Wren.Photo, on Flickr

hollywoodnorth · #**166** Posted **Sep 1, 2011, 6:13 AM**

thanks to entheosfog for stepping up! and awvan .... cheers as well!

SFUVancouver · #**167** Posted **Sep 11, 2011, 5:13 AM**

Thanks for the updates. I never did get around to seeing 17th and Dunbar in person. Good to see the Party Bazaar project break ground in SEFC.

entheosfog · #**168** Posted **Sep 13, 2011, 2:16 AM**

1st avenue social housing project, as seen from Olympic Village:

Closer in: (the old Buster's towing building has been repainted, and will probably be a condo sales office or something)

North side:

sacrifice333 · #**169** Posted **Sep 14, 2011, 1:13 AM**

Tower Crane went up todat at 2nd & Crowe.

entheosfog · #**170** Posted **Sep 14, 2011, 2:05 AM**

Sure caused a lot of traffic chaos and headaches in the area, coupled with all the utility construction happening.

There was some new 'trim' added the past few days to complete the look to the east facing side of the 1st ave social housing project:

entheosfog · #**171** Posted **Sep 21, 2011, 6:51 AM**

The north wall of the 1st and Main project is getting some attention form the top down:

entheosfog · #**172** Posted **Sep 21, 2011, 7:38 AM**

7th and Fir:

No glass as of yet:

entheosfog · #**173** Posted **Sep 21, 2011, 7:54 AM**

A couple of relatively recently completed social housing projects, from the Granville bridge:

entheosfog · #**174** Posted **Sep 29, 2011, 6:26 AM**

1st and Main.
The east and north sides are nearly complete but the other two sides are still unfinished. The bottom retail part is being worked on as well:

from the Cambie bridge:

CorbeauNoir · #**175** Posted **Sep 30, 2011, 10:12 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by twoNeurons

Am I the only one thinking that it's nice not to have green glass?

You're in for it now. I'm on a work term internship with James Cheng, I'm part of the Green Glass Defence Corps.

Incidentally on the subject of social housing, I've been making lots and lots and lots and lots of massing model schemes for the Little Mountain project. Might take some photos if I ever remember to bring my camera to work.

Jebby · #**176** Posted **Oct 1, 2011, 7:54 PM**

This is turning out so much better than I expected. I think it was the massing and the fact that it's on its own (so isolated) that made me skeptical about this building but its turning out really well. It'll look great once that area is built out

mhy · #**177** Posted **Oct 2, 2011, 5:35 AM**

i dunno how they can afford shiny fiber-cement/metal panel cladding on social housing, while most market condos in this city have exposed/painted concrete. For the precast panels between the windows, they really should have chosen a colour that didn't look exactly like plywood.

officedweller · #**178** Posted **Oct 3, 2011, 1:25 AM**

Yeah, would have been nice it it weren't so beige.

entheosfog · #**179** Posted **Oct 3, 2011, 2:46 AM**

31 West Pender. Maybe it's just me, but this thing went up quite fast:
(from the alley)

jlousa · #**180** Posted **Oct 3, 2011, 2:52 AM**

Yes it did seem to go up fast, Paris Block Annex is also shooting up after being dormant for so long.