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[Victoria Watcher]

why is it so ugly?  can't anyone do modern around here?

 

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 06 January 2021 - 09:24 AM.

[Nparker]

why is it so ugly?  can't anyone do modern around here?

I don't think it's ugly.

[Barrrister]

I have to vote ugly. 

[AllseeingEye]

/\........I kinda like it: where is that one slated to go up?

[aastra]

The garage doors, driveways, and strips of grass have an awkward suburban Ontario/Quebec vibe, but I don't mind the levels above the garage doors. Windows are always a good thing as far as I'm concerned. And I mention that because windows seem to be an afterthought on a fair number of recent developments.

[newbie_01]

VW is referring to the Shelbourne St. townhouses as ugly. I guess he prefers that Toronto project instead. (yes I did just assume his gender. btw are we going to get preferred pronoun fields in our user profiles here now that it's 2021?)

Edited by newbie_01, 06 January 2021 - 01:02 PM.

[Nparker]

VW is referring to the Shelbourne St. townhouses as ugly. I guess he prefers that Toronto project instead...

I wondered where this "modern" townhouse project was being proposed. The Shelbourne project isn't so much ugly as just terribly uninspired.

[zoomer]

Was bored - decided on my day off to get a shovel and start the excavation of the lot behind the Falls. Didn’t get too far. Might fill it in later.

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[Dexter]

Whatcha gonna build Zoomer?

Edited by Klapecki, 17 January 2021 - 10:49 PM.

[Kapten Kapsell]

2 Aryze projects in Fairfield are going to public hearing @ Council on Thursday Jan 28:  

 

• 956 Heywood (4-storey condo proposal)
• 1224 Richardson (Affordable Ownership townhouse development with 24 units across 3 buildings)

[IPH]

Interesting projects but 1224 Richardson is actually not one of Aryze's proposals.  1224 Richardson is technically located in Rockland  so this should bring out the usual Nimby crowd for sure!  

[DavidSchell]

Was bored - decided on my day off to get a shovel and start the excavation of the lot behind the Falls. Didn’t get too far. Might fill it in later.

 

I saw this as well, but what project is it ... nothing on the Story website about it/

[Brantastic]

I saw this as well, but what project is it ... nothing on the Story website about it/

Just a tiny two-storey National Car Rental building.

https://victoria.cit...ns-crystallize/

[Brantastic]

This looks very cool. Any guesses where this might be? Aryze posted this to their Twitter account, said that the location in Vic West is "classified" and they'll reveal the location after some refinements within a few weeks. I tried to figure out the location based just on road markings but they don't really make any sense. It looks like a street corner of some sort. Possibly an office building (no balconies) with what looks like commercial on the ground floor. This looks like the kind of thing I'd expect on Harbour Road, but the fact that it's a street corner doesn't make sense with that. Possibly somewhere on Esquimalt Road west of Bayview?

[Kapten Kapsell]

If it’s something sweet ... perhaps it’s a new home for Rogers Chocolates?

[Mike K.]

Life long residents of Vic West might be able to figure it out but it’s a tough one.

[Brantastic]

I don't think there are really any hints to be given from the surrounding landscape in the rendering, beyond it being a street corner. The road on the right appears to have a buffered bike lane on one side of the street, but not the other, with no centre line. There's no street that looks like that in Vic West, so I would assume all of the other trees, telephone poles, etc. are just generic scenery.

[aastra]

Craigflower at Belton?

[Mike K.]

^^Oh yes there are.

Aryze will announce soon enough, I’m sure.

[Brantastic]

What about this says Craigflower at Belton? The lane markings aren't right and the trees aren't right. 

Are you in the know, Mike?