A month later, but here are pictures of the the models from the open house about the cultural center on October 26th.
Talking to the team there that night, I came away with some interesting tidbits that have been slightly dulled by time/my memory.
The H frames in the alley will be coming down. However, to much disappointment, they are likely to be replaced with standard power poles as there is no interest from the utilities in burying their lines, nor from Translink for the lines that support the bus trolleys.
The team didn't seem thrilled with the treatment of the heritage home, but they also felt they did the best they could do with it.
The model is out dated as the design for the balconies are the jagged version shown in the development notice.
A positive note is that the lighting features from the original post's third image will remain, and will be incorporated into the now jagged feature.
There's hope that the area between the tower and culture center could be turned into a plaza, even as far as being akin to the outdoor Vancouver Art Gallery feature by the Shangri La.
The plans seem to be for one group (likely BC Artscape) to admin the cultural center. This group wants the space to be treated more as a rotating home for various groups rather than one set feature. That said, there's an expectation that the ground floor will be an art gallery.
One of the most interesting things I came away with was originally there was a desire by the owners to have another Vancouver House one of kind style of project built. The teams involved suggested something more sophisticated to act as a complement to Vancouver House, and that vision was the one that was realized.
Oh and happily the lead architect was quite emphatic that there would never be sea foam on one of his buildings.
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I had not previously learned about the cultural center and that is very exciting. That area is going to have an exciting future ahead of it. 
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