CF Pacific Centre Developments - Page 167

s211 · #**3321** Posted **Jul 6, 2020, 2:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

They're probably waiting for the crossing of Georgia to be clear, otherwise those Howe lanes would have to merge back together to cross Georgia (ie where the blue tarp is located).

Understood, but out of the picture, further north on Howe, they have Atco work trailers in the easternmost lane, which open out onto the next lane of traffic, instead of out onto the sidewalk, hence two lanes taken up for the trailers.

officedweller · #**3322** Posted **Jul 6, 2020, 10:17 PM**

Ah, I see.
Then chalk it up to the City allowing lane closures.

s211 · #**3323** Posted **Jul 6, 2020, 10:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Ah, I see.
Then chalk it up to the City allowing lane closures.

It does seem odd.

officedweller · #**3324** Posted **Jul 9, 2020, 11:29 PM**

Pics by me today:

I think the orange squares mark the support columns that run down through the mall and the underground parkade.
I've added a thin white line where I guess the Apple Store facade will line up with those columns.

For reference:

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Originally Posted by officedweller

I expect those steps to be more popular for sitting than the existing outdoor parts of the plaza.
I see they have made some of the steps into benches to encourage sitting.

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Side note:
They are going to fill-in the loading zone on Georgia in front of the rotunda!
There's already no stopping in front of TD Tower for the buses.

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From the DP Report.
Lots of space on the 2nd and 3rd level for classrooms, services.

https://development.vancouver.ca/701...nlevel1to3.pdf

connect2source · #**3325** Posted **Jul 9, 2020, 11:43 PM**

Bye-bye architecturally incorrect atrocity, I waited for this day for years!

officedweller · #**3326** Posted **Jul 14, 2020, 2:21 AM**

Pic by me today:

officedweller · #**3327** Posted **Jul 20, 2020, 1:42 AM**

By me today:

dreambrother808 · #**3328** Posted **Jul 20, 2020, 2:47 AM**

The death of an icon, symbolic of the decline of our civilization and the lack of new malls downtown.

officedweller · #**3329** Posted **Jul 20, 2020, 2:58 AM**

They could helicopter it to a park and grow vines on it.

Changing City · #**3330** Posted **Jul 20, 2020, 5:23 AM**

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Originally Posted by dreambrother808

The death of an icon, symbolic of the decline of our civilization and the lack of new malls downtown.

"I like seeing shacks being torn down. For such a prime downtown location, I'm amazed it took so long for this to happen."

jollyburger · #**3331** Posted **Jul 20, 2020, 5:47 AM**

They could use it to cover the new MLB stadium.

officedweller · #**3332** Posted **Jul 20, 2020, 6:31 AM**

I don't necessarily see it as the death of an icon, but I do see it as the erosion of the theme of alternating plazas down ceremonial Georgia St. (and Burrard St.).

Mind you, nowadays, plazas tend to be liabilities rather than beneficial spaces.

trofirhen · #**3333** Posted **Jul 20, 2020, 3:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

I don't necessarily see it as the death of an icon, but I do see it as the erosion of the theme of alternating plazas down ceremonial Georgia St. (and Burrard St.).
Mind you, nowadays, plazas tend to be liabilities rather than beneficial spaces.

That's an interesting statement. Could I ask you why that is?

whatnext · #**3334** Posted **Jul 20, 2020, 4:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by Changing City

"I like seeing shacks being torn down. For such a prime downtown location, I'm amazed it took so long for this to happen."

Well played!

Vin · #**3335** Posted **Jul 20, 2020, 6:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by Changing City

"I like seeing shacks being torn down. For such a prime downtown location, I'm amazed it took so long for this to happen."

I don't think you know the meaning of "shacks"

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Originally Posted by connect2source

Bye-bye architecturally incorrect atrocity, I waited for this day for years!

Does this mean this will be next to come down since it is also an "architecturally incorrect atrocity"?
https://www.google.ca/maps/@49.28509...7i16384!8i8192

Vin · #**3336** Posted **Jul 20, 2020, 6:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by dreambrother808

The death of an icon, symbolic of the decline of our civilization and the lack of new malls downtown.

Indeed!

https://www.google.ca/maps/@49.28281...7i16384!8i8192

To be replaced by one huge in-your-face ugliness.

TwoFace · #**3337** Posted **Jul 20, 2020, 6:20 PM**

The Architectural Taliban wants everything torn down that doesn't resemble a box.

Vin · #**3338** Posted **Jul 20, 2020, 7:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by TwoFace

The Architectural Taliban wants everything torn down that doesn't resemble a box.

Amen to that! Like the second Hotel Vancouver across the street on West Georgia back in the days. Guess what replaced it? A box and a urinal!

Changing City · #**3339** Posted **Jul 20, 2020, 9:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by Vin

Amen to that! Like the second Hotel Vancouver across the street on West Georgia back in the days. Guess what replaced it? A box and a urinal!

True - but a bit misleading.. The Second Hotel Vancouver was replaced by a surface parking lot for decades. Here it is in a late 1960s Vancouver Archives image. [larger image here]. The site had been vacant for 20 years - [1949 image here]. So the idea for the Pacific Centre came quite a bit later - the second hotel was torn down because the newer Hotel Vancouver was more than enough hotel for the modest city of the day, and after it had been used as temporary housing for the homeless, there wasn't any obvious use for it.

dreambrother808 · #**3340** Posted **Jul 20, 2020, 9:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by TwoFace

The Architectural Taliban wants everything torn down that doesn't resemble a box.

I can't tell if this is satire or not.