Photo from Sept 7th
Edited by MarkoJ, 07 September 2018 - 04:30 PM.
BUILT Black and White Uses: condo, commercial Address: 1033 Cook Street Municipality: Victoria Region: Downtown Victoria Storeys: 6 Condo units: (1BR, 2BR, penthouse, 1BR + den, 2BR + den, junior 1BR) Sales status: sold out / resales only |
Posted 07 September 2018 - 04:21 PM
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Posted 07 September 2018 - 04:32 PM
It looks like a supply of black brick will be needed soon.
Posted 08 September 2018 - 05:44 PM
taking shape.
Posted 08 September 2018 - 10:15 PM
Unless the lighting's off in the image, it's looking more like Black and Tan.
Posted 09 September 2018 - 05:52 PM
Black & White will be the the latest picture of an ever changing CSV. For the better and helping to renew the charm of the community.
Posted 09 September 2018 - 06:42 PM
Black & White will be the the latest picture of an ever changing CSV.
Ideally, over the next 20-30 years many of the currently 50-year-old (or so) apartment buildings that line Cook Street from Fort through the village proper should be redeveloped more on the scale of B&W.
Posted 09 September 2018 - 06:54 PM
Posted 10 September 2018 - 07:01 AM
^completely agree. you might as well say its in the Oak Bay Village why you are at it
Posted 10 September 2018 - 07:19 AM
Black & White will be the the latest picture of an ever changing CSV. .
B&W is a long way from being part of the Cook Street Village.
Posted 10 September 2018 - 07:26 AM
^Indeed, and I would be strongly against continuing that architectural form all the way down Cook until it meets the CSV as it would just turn the area into one homogenous blob. That means maintaining the four storey height limit with no ground floor commercial in any building until you hit a village centre.
Posted 10 September 2018 - 07:41 AM
^Indeed, and I would be strongly against continuing that architectural form all the way down Cook until it meets the CSV as it would just turn the area into one homogenous blob. That means maintaining the four storey height limit with no ground floor commercial in any building until you hit a village centre.
I doubt it would turn to be anything more of a homogenous blob than it is now. Eventually greater density will happen along Cook Street. 3-4 lowrises with front lawns will not be around forever.
Posted 10 September 2018 - 07:48 AM
See, I don't get it. Of all the streets to transform we want to transform the one that works very well as is? Cook Street is pleasant, it's dense, it has a genuine neighbourhood vibe rather than a downtown vibe (which is appropriate, since it runs through the heart of a neighbourhood). Why would we want to change that? What's wrong with a small front lawn in a neighbourhood setting?
Posted 10 September 2018 - 07:50 AM
I'm not talking about the blocks running from Pandora to Fort, of course.
Posted 10 September 2018 - 08:46 AM
...Cook Street is pleasant, it's dense, it has a genuine neighbourhood vibe rather than a downtown vibe...Why would we want to change that? What's wrong with a small front lawn in a neighbourhood setting?
As I suggested above, over the next generation many of the low-rise apartments along this stretch will need extensive renovations or more likely need to be replaced. How is that financially viable if the same density is maintained?
Eventually the rents in this area will rise to make up for the shortfall in revenue from the unused portion of the land. Do you suppose people will mind having to pay $2500-3000/month in order to maintain their front lawn?
Posted 10 September 2018 - 08:58 AM
I'm not talking about the blocks running from Pandora to Fort, of course.
Yeah, that's a seedy part of town north of Pandora.
Posted 14 September 2018 - 04:15 PM
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Posted 15 September 2018 - 10:32 AM
Posted 15 September 2018 - 10:40 AM
Sad little "balconies" barely big enough for two people to have coffee...
90%* of all urban balconies are used for storage.
* the usual VV statistics disclaimer
Posted 15 September 2018 - 10:51 AM
^
Some strata councils don't allow people to store their stuff on their balconies.
Posted 15 September 2018 - 10:57 AM
^Some strata councils don't allow people to store their stuff on their balconies.
Many people find ways around this, but even if they don't, that doesn't seem to promote much greater use of urban balconies. I'd estimate that no more than 30% of the balconies at my building get regular use and some of them are quite large.
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