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[phx]

And PHX am I missing something...."Car Storage?" Not sure what that is in reference to?

CARSA = Car Storage and Athletics building

 

It's a large parkade and gym in one building!

[Coreyburger]

CARSA = Car Storage and Athletics building

 

It's a large parkade and gym in one building!

 

Hah. Actually the Centre for Athletics, Recreation and Special Abilities. It also happens to have a parkade attached to it.

[AllseeingEye]

CARSA = Car Storage and Athletics building

 

It's a large parkade and gym in one building!

Ah got it. thanks.....

[Mixed365]

Interesting pics thanks for posting, but you are a little bass ackwards on 'what was what' here M365; either that or this is a case of mixed up semantics.

 

"When the SUB was built" - in the 1960's - Vertigo wasn't even a gleam in the Administration's eye. I know because when I went to UVic from 1980-5 I worked as a doorman at what was then simply known as the Sub Pub on the one side of the basement on the lower level. On the other side was Felicitas Lounge, named after a former staff cleaning lady who worked at UVic well before even my time.

 

"Vertigo", the nightclub, did not come along until much much later, sometime in the mid to late 1990's. As I recall the space that became Vertigo was on the main floor which, if I am accurate in that recollection, in the 80's was simply a combination meeting room/campus club meeting space (political clubs like the Young Tories, Young Liberals, Young Marxist-Leninist's etc being the most consistent users). Basically it was an empty room that could be configured for any or all of those functions, small concerts or special events including a rather infamous  'come one, come all' Victoria Club Bouncer Arm Wrestling competition in 1984 in which yours truly participated. But there was no "nightclub" per se at UVic at the time, either in the SUB or anywhere else on campus.

AllseeingEye:

Thank you for the background info. I was aware that Felicita's was named after a former staff cleaning lady, but no idea about the SUB PUB in the basement - very cool. 

I'm curious if in the mid 90's when Vertigo was constructed as a nightclub if it was a success or just a pipe dream from the then UVSS. 

[AllseeingEye]

You'd have to have a VV poster who attended UVic at that time chime in to get an accurate response; the one and only time I ever was there was a rainy overcast summer day in the late 90's when I was over from Vancouver visiting friends and we decided for "old times sake" to check it out. It was mostly empty, very quiet, lots of neon signs and I remember thinking somewhat nostalgically that it was a bit antiseptic and some how out of place on an Academic institution - it seemed to me it would have been more apt down on Wharf Street.

 

Of course you have to consider when I bounced at the old Sub Pub our main pre-occupation was keeping inebriated rugby players in check on "Sub Pub Thursday nights" <think gong show, especially around mid term and final exam time> and above all stopping patrons from trying to steal the plastic beer jugs in pub area by passing them through the upper pane-opening windows to their pals waiting outside....

[tedward]

I'm curious if in the mid 90's when Vertigo was constructed as a nightclub if it was a success or just a pipe dream from the then UVSS. 

 

 

You'd have to have a VV poster who attended UVic at that time chime in to get an accurate response;

 

 

Student 85-89, Employee 1992-present.

 

Vertigo was an almost total failure from the day it opened and was one of the main reasons that the UVSS found itself in deep financial trouble in the following years. The space was hated by bands and has been basically a study/eating space with occasional events for more than a decade.

[amor de cosmos]

trying to steal the plastic beer jugs in pub area by passing them through the upper pane-opening windows to their pals waiting outside....

I guess we have growlers for that now

[AllseeingEye]

Student 85-89, Employee 1992-present.

 

Vertigo was an almost total failure from the day it opened and was one of the main reasons that the UVSS found itself in deep financial trouble in the following years. The space was hated by bands and has been basically a study/eating space with occasional events for more than a decade.

How sad is that we can remember ancient UVic ID numbers - mine was #80-5203 - but forget spouse or kids birthdays?   . And yes I recall now the $$$ issues with UVSS from that time. Plainly stated Vertigo IMO was the wrong venue (type) in the wrong setting. Go to any university and a "pub style" space can be found almost universally. Conversely a night club-style establishment can't even be found in a major international university like UCLA which has nearly 50,000 students. 

[Nparker]

How sad is that we can remember ancient UVic ID numbers - mine was #80-5203 -

85-2201

[VicHockeyFan]

85-4918!

[AllseeingEye]

I even have my original picture ID card from September 1980; I should scan and post it for a laugh, 70 pounds lighter and with my (beyond) shoulder-length hair, sans the grey naturally....

[lanforod]

As of 10:15 AM or so (after a gas leak that started around 9:45AM), the SUB and the UVic Book store
have been evacuated - Police and Fire crews are on the scene.

The transit exchange was closed as of 10:30 PM.

Is best to avoid the area if you are considering going in that direction.

[Mixed365]

As of 10:15 AM or so (after a gas leak that started around 9:45AM), the SUB and the UVic Book store
have been evacuated - Police and Fire crews are on the scene.

The transit exchange was closed as of 10:30 PM.

Is best to avoid the area if you are considering going in that direction.

Would that have been from the construction of the new parking lot outside of the SUB? 

[lanforod]

Not sure. Didn't hear anything further.

[Mixed365]

Not sure if this post should go on this or the general rumour thread, but I heard a handful of things at UVic. 

Apparently, on campus housing is very saturated and they are looking at building new units. Last I heard it was Parking lot 5 and a plot of land behind the Grad House restaurant that was being developed. 

Can anybody confirm or add onto this?

 

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[Mike K.]

We haven't heard anything specific here on VV regarding new housing development but they will be assuming 50 units, at least that has been the plan, at the former Dominion (now Dalton) Hotel renovation into rentals.

 

UVic has had a tight housing situation for as long as I can remember. They could solve all of that with a couple of twelve storey, 200 unit towers but nearby residents would scream bloody murder.

[Nparker]

UVic has had a tight housing situation for as long as I can remember. They could solve all of that with a couple of twelve storey, 200 unit towers but nearby residents would scream bloody murder.

This.

[lanforod]

So housing for 800 students would solve the problem? Maybe a bit more than that is needed.

[Mike K.]

Could be that they need more, but clearly they've been having capacity issues for many years. Maybe the capital costs of building a residence are high and need to be spaced out across many years?

[LJ]

Is their student enrollment growing that much each year?