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[VicHockeyFan]

Applejack would be nice, too.

 

We're certainly entertaining other products with apple in the name.

[Mike K.]

The project is now 70% sold-out.

[VicHockeyFan]

^ You don't say...

 

An e-mail I received today says 70% sold.

 

They were adjusting the sign this morning to reflect something new too.

[zoomer]

Tooks on Cook moving back in?

[Nparker]

Official groundbreaking in 3 weeks.

[Kapten Kapsell]

The ultimate "Black and White" groundbreaking event would include some giant pandas to represent the colour scheme- in the flesh!

[Nparker]

Or perhaps this.

 

[MarkoJ]

Official groundbreaking in 3 weeks.

 

Do you have to be registered to win the local prizes?

Edited by MarkoJ, 15 October 2016 - 05:54 PM.

[Nparker]

A further incentive to attend the groundbreaking ceremony

Groundbreaking Event November 5th | Win An Electric Bike

Black and White's Official Groundbreaking Event will be held at our stunning Presentation Centre located at 1010 Fort Street, Victoria on Saturday, November 5th. Join the celebration, discover more about these exquisite homes nestled in the vibrant Upper Fort community, and enter to win your very own electric bike. Valued at over $2,000, attendees will get a chance to win an electric bike from local Oak Bay Bikes, the Island's bike shop since 1934. Ideal for city cycling along Dallas Road, rolling hills on the Peninsula and mixed surface trails, this electric bike is your all-access pass to Victoria. Please RSVP by clicking the graphic below.

Edited by Nparker, 31 October 2016 - 01:31 PM.

[Nparker]

Special guest at the upcoming groundbreaking ceremony

 

[AllseeingEye]

A fresh outbreak of faux outrage on one of the local FB groups; someone posted an image of the vacated buildings and then a rendering of B&W complete with a Photoshop version of the what the "new" corner of Fort & Cook will look like post construction - resulting in the inevitable howls of "it looks like Vancouver!!!" - whatever that means because isn't every new building in Vancouver 5 stories??? - and "typical developer's changing Victoria's unique character!" blah blah blah, rinse, repeat.

 

Honestly it still amazes me that such a hard core cadre of whiners and complainers in this town seemingly expect *nothing* to change here. Anywhere. Like. Ever. Seriously I do wonder sometimes what its like living life in a "bubble of un-reality" to steal a page from Monty Python....

[VicHockeyFan]

Crews were in there today preparing for demolition.

[Nparker]

I often wonder if the people who constantly make (disparaging) references to Victoria becoming like Vancouver have actually ever visited the latter city. I have and I just don't see the comparison.

[VicHockeyFan]

A fresh outbreak of faux outrage on one of the local FB groups; someone posted an image of the vacated buildings and then a rendering of B&W complete with a Photoshop version of the what the "new" corner of Fort & Cook will look like post construction - resulting in the inevitable howls of "it looks like Vancouver!!!" - whatever that means because isn't every new building in Vancouver 5 stories??? - and "typical developer's changing Victoria's unique character!" blah blah blah, rinse, repeat.

 

Honestly it still amazes me that such a hard core cadre of whiners and complainers in this town seemingly expect *nothing* to change here. Anywhere. Like. Ever. Seriously I do wonder sometimes what its like living life in a "bubble of un-reality" to steal a page from Monty Python....

 

Seems like an odd hill to die on, it's a non-descript old one-floor building.

[AllseeingEye]

I often wonder if the people who constantly make (disparaging) references to Victoria becoming like Vancouver have actually ever visited the latter city. I have and I just don't see the comparison.

Which really in the final analysis is the irony: I've lived in YVR twice over the last 25 years and been there so many times for business in the intervening years that sometimes it felt like I was living there again - geographically, architecturally and above all in terms of outlook and attitude the two cities are nothing alike. Vancouver is a million light years apart from from Victoria -> which many Vancouverites barely acknowledge even exists. A 5-story building - no matter what its called or what its color scheme looks like - ain't gonna bridge that gap, lol.....

[VicHockeyFan]

Right.  And as much as it's bad to be Vancouver, it gets 14x the tourism visits we get.  They must be doing it wrong.

[AllseeingEye]

LOL good catch I kinda thought 22x our tourism numbers was a little high...

[VicHockeyFan]

LOL good catch I kinda thought 22x our tourism numbers was a little high...

 

I start with hyperbole, then calm myself with facts later.

[Mixed365]

A fresh outbreak of faux outrage on one of the local FB groups; someone posted an image of the vacated buildings and then a rendering of B&W complete with a Photoshop version of the what the "new" corner of Fort & Cook will look like post construction - resulting in the inevitable howls of "it looks like Vancouver!!!" - whatever that means because isn't every new building in Vancouver 5 stories??? - and "typical developer's changing Victoria's unique character!" blah blah blah, rinse, repeat.

 

Honestly it still amazes me that such a hard core cadre of whiners and complainers in this town seemingly expect *nothing* to change here. Anywhere. Like. Ever. Seriously I do wonder sometimes what its like living life in a "bubble of un-reality" to steal a page from Monty Python....

Are you able to share the link ASE?

[AllseeingEye]

Are you able to share the link ASE?

This might work - try this:

https://www.facebook...478150753942607