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[sebberry]

It is helpful to report that stuff to parks@victoria.ca.  They are usually very good at getting to issues like this.

 

Thanks.  If it's discovered that the tree is on private property will they order the owner to trim it?

[Ismo07]

Thanks.  If it's discovered that the tree is on private property will they order the owner to trim it?

 

Exactly...  I think they allow some time to get it done then they might do it and send a bill.  I'm not sure.

[LJ]

Our city planted tree gets trimmed every few years, we don't get a bill for it.

[todd]

Why are they moving it again?

Why do they need art there again? Bridge not dramatic enough?

[tedward]

Why do they need art there again? Bridge not dramatic enough?

 

Because it is a huge empty space that looks barren and desolate?

I wish they had built a small 3-4 story building in that spot. Something quirky to fill the slightly odd shape with a retail space on the ground floor. For some reason a small version of the Flatiron Building popped into my head while walking through the area this summer.

[Jackerbie]

Because it is a huge empty space that looks barren and desolate?

I wish they had built a small 3-4 story building in that spot. Something quirky to fill the slightly odd shape with a retail space on the ground floor. For some reason a small version of the Flatiron Building popped into my head while walking through the area this summer.

 

Here's what they're apparently tucking in beside BC Place, complete with colour changing LEDs and fake palm trees

 

 

via https://dailyhive.co...energy-westbank

[jasmineshinga]

Ooh, I like it, like a stack of poker chips after your third dry martini

 

Given it was a Danish architectural firm, I wouldn't be surprised if that's literally how the concept came about.

[shoeflack]

Wouldn't a building in that space then block the view of drivers merging onto the bridge from Pandora and Wharf lanes? You'd need another traffic light to control that and ensure no accidents.

[DustMagnet]

^ Build it on stilts so you could see under it?

 

EDIT: Scratch that, a much simpler solution is to put a large screen on one side and a camera on the other, so you can see "through" the building at traffic level.

Edited by DustMagnet, 13 September 2019 - 10:33 AM.

[todd]

Because it is a huge empty space that looks barren and desolate?
I wish they had built a small 3-4 story building in that spot. Something quirky to fill the slightly odd shape with a retail space on the ground floor. For some reason a small version of the Flatiron Building popped into my head while walking through the area this summer.

Why not a tree for the agoraphobic?

[todd]

They got something similar down in Las Vegas but looks more like a carnivorous trumpet plant:  https://goo.gl/maps/3p35epNWVBtK6E2X6

[Gary H]

Irrigated sod being added to the east pedestrian path slope...

 

They tore up the hydroseeded stuff from last year and put in a thick layer of topsoil and then rolled out real grass sod.  Odd that sign says it's temporary since they added an irrigation system to keep it green.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited by Gary H, 02 November 2019 - 04:13 PM.

[Nparker]

It's pretty but terribly uninspired.

[Victoria Watcher]

The City of Victoria is set to hear the most up-to-date design plans for the waterfront area near the Johnson Street Bridge.

 

Since the new bridge opened in 2018, the city has continued to work on the surrounding areas, with plans to target six separate spots. So far the completed areas include the David Foster Harbour Pathway pedestrian underpass – which goes under the bridge near the Janion building – the Janion Plaza, which sits just south of the Janion building, and the Boulevard Landscaping, which is composed of the concrete divider and trees on Esquimalt Road.

 

Still underway are plans for Triangle Island (the space across from the Market Square buildings), the Songhees Park Expansion (on the southwest side of the bridge) and the Northern Junk Plaza (the space adjacent to Reeson Park).

 

https://www.vicnews....eas-hit-delays/

 

 

 

a big ferris wheel on triangle island would be neat.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 17 November 2019 - 09:11 AM.

[todd]

It's pretty but terribly uninspired.

Do you need constant stimulation you can't just be content? I like the contrast I find grass very stimulating probably so do those thousands upon thousands of small blade shaped organisms. Maybe that’s what they think of us.

[Nparker]

Do you need constant stimulation you can't just be content?...

I think for the astronomical amount of my tax dollars that have been spent on this project the CoV should have come up with something more interesting than turf.

[todd]

I think for the astronomical amount of my tax dollars that have been spent on this project the CoV should have come up with something more interesting than turf.

Grass is usually relatively cheap. Do you want to pay even more for this rip off?

[todd]

I like to watch the fight in the lawn between the weeds and the grass.

[spanky123]

Apparently 4 months after it was "fixed", the bridge is still having hydraulic issues resulting in it operating at 1/2 speed.

 

https://www.focusonv...for-trouble-r8/

[Nparker]

Grass is usually relatively cheap. Do you want to pay even more for this rip off?

Of course not, but for what we have already paid the grass should be plated in gold leaf.