The extensions are going in this morning.
BUILT Hudson Place One Uses: condo, commercial Address: 777 Herald Street Municipality: Victoria Region: Downtown Victoria Storeys: 25 Condo units: (studio/bachelor, 1BR, 2BR, sub-penthouse, penthouse) Sales status: sold out / resales only |
Posted 26 August 2019 - 02:19 PM
Chard's Yates/Johnson towers will be topped out at about the height we see HP1 at in those photos.
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Posted 26 August 2019 - 02:22 PM
This is going to finally change the skyline...
Now we need about 20 more like it scattered around downtown and Victoria might start to have an actual skyline.
Posted 29 August 2019 - 09:43 AM
Will this direct link work? August pic from the Hotel Grand Pacific...
Edit: or maybe I should have said, "Will this indirect redirect link work?" See shoeflack's more direct approach below.
Edited by aastra, 29 August 2019 - 09:56 AM.
Posted 29 August 2019 - 09:50 AM
Yes the link works.
Posted 29 August 2019 - 09:50 AM
^Not for me on Chrome . Right click the image and select 'Open image in new tab'. Though I suspect based on your link I found the one you were trying to link to.
Edited by shoeflack, 29 August 2019 - 09:50 AM.
Posted 29 August 2019 - 10:08 AM
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Posted 29 August 2019 - 10:20 AM
And here come the skyscraper fanboys, right on cue.
The skyscraper fanboys complain because the buildings are too short and there aren't enough of them. The stinkers complain because the buildings are too tall and there are too many of them.
Meanwhile, aastra and the tourists enjoy the view because it looks great. No problem. Very urban but also very pretty. Distinctive. Sparkling at night. Just keep going with the Victorian formula. Don't feel like you need to alter course one way or another just 'cuz.
Posted 29 August 2019 - 10:28 AM
Posted 29 August 2019 - 10:36 AM
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Posted 29 August 2019 - 12:25 PM
The brown ICBC office building on wharf street is a hideous eyesore
Agreed. At the present time the old shopping mall building reigns as the worst thing in the most prominent location. I see the recladding threads on other forums and I keep my fingers crossed that it will get spiffied up someday. (The Government Street side has already seen major changes, of course. But Wharf and the side streets needs work as well.)
I'm becoming a fan of reclads of modern buildings that maintain the original style for the most part (rather than erasing it altogether) but otherwise do it better. Sharpening the character and the defining details, more distinctive cladding, addressing specific shortcomings re: the pedestrian realm, etc. A while back I was also musing about the good effect that redesigned corner commercial units could have on the Wharf Street side.
Edited by aastra, 29 August 2019 - 12:26 PM.
Posted 29 August 2019 - 12:39 PM
It's low-rise and mostly clad in brick. It meets all the CoV design requirements.
Posted 29 August 2019 - 02:50 PM
Good points aastra. I wonder if there will be new pressure on that property, once the gazillion dollar Customs House sets a new price point for Victoria. This place is right next door. Let's hope it will go through a creative update before long.
Posted 29 August 2019 - 02:59 PM
..I wonder if there will be new pressure on that property, once the gazillion dollar Customs House sets a new price point for Victoria...
The Customs House folks can't have too much hatred for this building, after all they are leasing space here for their sales centre.
Posted 30 August 2019 - 05:25 PM
Something is happening on the carriageway behind the Hudson. The vertical boarding has been extended towards the Fisgard end, and the turning point to parking below the Mews reduced to a single lane, with a temporary traffic light installed. Unsure what the plywood laying on the lane itself is for.
Posted 30 August 2019 - 05:36 PM
I hope they're not calling it quits and dismantling everything that they've built up to this point.
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