Northern Junk Complex | 5-storeys | Residential, commercial
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The Northern Junk Complex is a proposal to refurbish the two heritage Northern Junk buildings along Victoria’s downtown waterfront (just shy of the Johnson Street Bridge).
The remainder of the property (currently a patch of green space split off from the Northern Junk buildings by a short stretch of Wharf Street) is envisioned to include a 5-storey modern curved residential and commercial structure designed by Victoria-based Merrick Architecture.
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This project's public discussion on VibrantVictoria.ca
Below are the five latest responses to the dedicated discussion thread for this project:
jonny
May 15, 2013 at 9:23 amThe mentality here that opposes projects of every shape and size in all of these different types of locations is frustrating.
The biggest positive this project has is Jon Stovel, who seems to know how to manage through the ins and outs of municipal bureaucracy. He seems like a real pro, and my hope is that his experience means this project will be a success.
Perhaps an organized pro development group is in order to vocally support some of these "controversial" projects at city hall meetings.
aastra
May 15, 2013 at 10:09 amQuote: The mentality here that opposes projects of every shape and size in all of these different types of locations is frustrating.
Yep. Perhaps more than any other project we've seen, this northern junk controversy has demonstrated how the forces of eternal opposition can stubbornly overlook a project's particulars. They're opposed. 'Nuff said.
It doesn't matter if the project is small and low-density, it doesn't matter if the project involves heritage restoration, it doesn't matter if the project nails every aspect of the old town guidelines... they're opposed.
AllseeingEye
May 15, 2013 at 10:28 amQuote: Yep. Perhaps more than any other project we've seen, this northern junk controversy has demonstrated how the forces of eternal opposition can stubbornly overlook a project's particulars. They're opposed. 'Nuff said.
It doesn't matter if the project is small and low-density, it doesn't matter if the project involves heritage restoration, it doesn't matter if the project nails every aspect of the old town guidelines... they're opposed.
Instead of "NIMBY" what was it the T-C editorial called it several years ago? Ah yes I remember now, it was "CAVE" -the Citizens Against Virtually Everything. Fits too. Sadly.
amor de cosmos
May 15, 2013 at 12:39 pmhas someone done a rendering with the reconfigured intersection, new bridge, this project & whatever is (or could be) going next to the janion? & a street view also, say looking north or south on wharf st?
edit: since I really don't like the idea of getting rid of that small lane that the old buildings front onto, and I would much prefer a stepped waterfront how about this:
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it's just what I could do with paint which, believe it or not, isn't photoshop or some gis thing, not that I have the skills to really use either of those. drivers would likely need enough space to slow down coming off the bridge & the curve radius at the entrance to the lane would have to be tightened so as to get cars down to a reasonable speed. I wonder if it could still work.
since I'm stuck using paint I also couldn't make the building on the right match the curvature of that southbound part of the road, which I also think would look really cool, especially if it were some combination of concrete (new) & brick (old), similar to aria:
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amor de cosmos
May 16, 2013 at 6:19 pmI think I would also want to see how a view like this would (or wouldn't) change with new buildings in the neighbourhood:
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