[Downtown Victoria] The Union | Condos | 5- and 5-storeys | Built - Completed in 2014
#41
Posted 30 January 2008 - 11:28 AM
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#42
Posted 30 January 2008 - 02:49 PM
Imagine the boost this would give the development, not to mention the opportunity for bonus density.
#43
Posted 30 January 2008 - 03:06 PM
#44
Posted 30 January 2008 - 03:21 PM
Perhaps a density transfer to another site in town from here so that it would make it worthwhile for the developer.
In Centennial Square we will have a brand new library so there would not be room for the art gallery.
#45
Posted 30 January 2008 - 04:11 PM
In Centennial Square we will have a brand new library so there would not be room for the art gallery.
I like your sense of optimism G-Man. In a perfect world I am certain a revamped Centennial Square could accomodate BOTH a new central library and an art gallery (I am thinking something in the neighbourhood of 6 - 8 stories in height), turning CS into a true destination for both locals and tourists. I fear in the real world we will still see an aging parking garage and a space that no one uses here for some time to come.
Still if nothing is ever going to happen in Centennial Square, then maybe a real AGGV space in Chinatown is better than nothing at all.
#46
Posted 31 January 2008 - 12:30 AM
Bambu seemed a bit too hulking for Chinatown, in my opinion.
If a pedestrian alley is going to be included, it would be really neat if some residential units looked directly down upon it. Juliet balconies would be great.
#47
Posted 22 May 2008 - 03:59 PM
#48
Posted 22 May 2008 - 04:10 PM
#49
Posted 22 May 2008 - 04:32 PM
#50
Posted 22 May 2008 - 04:47 PM
#51
Posted 22 May 2008 - 04:51 PM
#52
Posted 22 May 2008 - 05:54 PM
Poppies are very appropriate for that place, both historically and in the modern day.
#53
Posted 23 May 2008 - 07:48 PM
#54
Posted 23 May 2008 - 10:11 PM
#55
Posted 24 May 2008 - 09:47 AM
I have one from around the same time, KK, If you get the angle a bit higher you can see someone was cooking on that stove in the top right corner - the pots still on the stove.
True enough. An associate and I ventured inside the building and wandered around inside for about an hour, taking pictures, turning over debris, reading old headlines in discarded newspapers. It was in this building that we discovered a plastic biohazard receptacle for spent hypodermics. It was about 2/3 full, and it gave both myself and my associate the jeebies.
We found a near-complete bedroom. I've written about it somewhere in this forum...the double bed, nightstands and reading lamp...an actual viable bedroom for squatters.
In another room, I found a young man sitting quietly on the floor, overlooking the vacant lot that separated the building from Swans hotel. He told me an interesting story about the underground tunnel system that I'd been researching. In fact, I had heard that the building had a system of hidden doors that led into the system. Alas...we found no such thing.
What struck me most about the building was its diorama effect: an entire wall had been destroyed, exposing the interior rooms as a kind of giant matchbox model of urban decay and destitution.
I posted my pictures in another forum. 24 hours later, the building was in ruins. 24 hours after the fire, I was in my own bedroom folding laundry, and I had the TV on (whatever the A-Channel was) the evening news. Imagine my astonishment when I saw MY photographs featured in the story about the fire. Headline: ARSON INVESTIGATION.
(KublaKhan received no credit for the images, btw)
Witnesses reported seeing two persons fleeing the building just before the fire broke. The official story concludes that homeless persons accidentally set a fire. A dubious claim, at best.
Similar to the Empress Tunnel fire back in December.
#56
Posted 24 May 2008 - 11:16 AM
Imagine my astonishment when I saw MY photographs featured in the story about the fire.
Suffice it to say, nobody here would be surprised at all by that.
#57
Posted 26 May 2008 - 02:16 PM
#58
Posted 12 September 2008 - 09:59 PM
There won't be any development on this site for a long time. My efforts now will go into setting up a community garden so that some use can come from the site.
#59
Posted 13 September 2008 - 06:22 AM
My efforts now will go into setting up a community garden so that some use can come from the site.
a traditional chinese community garden?
#60
Posted 13 September 2008 - 06:44 AM
I think it was mentioned elsewhere in this thread that it can't be turned into a parking lot again as it's been rezoned residential.
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