[Downtown Victoria] View/Vancouver condos | 14-storeys | Canceled
#1
Posted 31 July 2006 - 11:53 PM
I took these photos when I attended the open hous for this proposal on Fort St. a few months back.
The proposal is three stories over the 11 story Haris green height limit, though Haris Green has no density limit.
Alex Roney, a Regents Park resident who lives across the street from this site is organizing a protest over the height and massing. Regents Park is a 17 story condo tower in Haris Green. Funny thing is Roney, who has quoted in as saying he wants to "prevent a forest of highrises" in H.G.
Oh and by the way he lives on the 14th floor of Regents Park!
Regents Park is represented in the photo as the very tall wooden building towers which some what dwarf this proposal.[/img]
#2
Posted 01 August 2006 - 12:11 AM
It shows how disgusting this property looks!!!
Excellent Example of Urban Decay!
#3
Posted 01 August 2006 - 08:51 AM
I love the line she once used speaking on the Romeo's redevelopment: "It's heardbreaking to think people want to see development occur just because the current lot is an eyesore."
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#4
Posted 01 August 2006 - 09:43 AM
I'd rather wait five years on an ugly vacant lot for a great building to be proposed than for an ugly strip mall to be built immediately.
Waiting thirty years like View/Vancouver or The Falls is getting ridiculous, however.
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#5
Posted 01 August 2006 - 01:48 PM
Nobody would support a gruesome shack to take over a gruesome parking lot, but when a fantastic proposal comes along and C. Madoff is upset because people think it's better than whats there, then what on earth is the issue?
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#6
Posted 03 August 2006 - 04:10 PM
#7
Posted 03 August 2006 - 05:16 PM
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#8
Posted 05 August 2006 - 03:50 PM
#9
Posted 06 August 2006 - 08:30 AM
#10
Posted 06 August 2006 - 08:45 AM
The consignment store in the old building Jada mentions had to have its ceiling propped up with steel poles while technicians periodically measured the movement of the foundation by watching how quickly the felt pen marks on the brickwork moved apart. Talk about job security!
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#11
Posted 07 August 2006 - 09:36 PM
Doesn't look like there's any commercial in this proposal. Ground level looks like townhouses. I suppose that's okay - seems to be enough commercial in the area for the mo.
#12
Posted 07 August 2006 - 10:10 PM
Note the exterior glassed-in spiral staircases on the two-storey top-floor suites.
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#13
Posted 07 August 2006 - 10:38 PM
#14
Posted 07 August 2006 - 10:42 PM
That road has sunk that much with almost no geological activity. Shaking + water = quicksand.
Unless these guys do some serious pile driving down to the bedrock (maybe it's not that far) I'd not want to be on this street when the big one (or even moderate one) hits.
#15
Posted 07 August 2006 - 10:54 PM
And yes, they'll be doing some serious pile driving. But would water seep into the basement like it continuously does over at the Regent next door? Would this exacerbate the sinking intersection problem the City is about to fix?
Scaper, I believe the only ground floor commercial activity is the planned restaurant on the corner that wraps around to Vancouver and will share the interior courtyard.
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#16
Posted 07 August 2006 - 11:08 PM
I also believe that this water table problem, is also going to be the sourse for a possible Geothermic energy system in this building. If I am correct.
#17
Posted 07 August 2006 - 11:28 PM
Remember the hippie chick that asked for geo-thermal for the Juliet? Or was it Volvo--I can't remember. Anyway, she was practically laughed at during the Council meeting but it's a good idea in areas where it's practical like here and The Well and The Hudson.
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#18
Posted 07 August 2006 - 11:41 PM
Someone told me this, it may have been Gene Miller at the open house!
I can't remember for sure. Maybe I should email him and ask him.
#19
Posted 09 August 2006 - 10:11 PM
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#20
Posted 10 August 2006 - 07:47 AM
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