800 block of Yates: changes
#1
Posted 24 November 2006 - 07:55 AM
1. A rezoning application has been submitted to the city for the "Empire Theatres" parking lot asking for an increased height allowance.
2. A public hearing was held last night on the proposed subdivision of the Telus property.
3. Tenants have been finalized for the Wave's retail space: ReStart Computer (previously anounced), and a travel agency (this will occupy the former construction office).
#2
Posted 24 November 2006 - 08:23 AM
#3
Posted 24 November 2006 - 08:28 AM
So there should be one more tenant there right?
#4
Posted 24 November 2006 - 08:42 AM
The wave would have been fine if they had linked the ends of the ground floor with its neighbours.
My problem with the Wave is not so much it's placement on the site, nor the basic design (though taller and slimmer would have helped), but it's the oh-so-bland street presence on Yates and the awful finishes (those tiles and painted concrete) that make it a bust for me. The other day I walked past it in the rain and the "mural" wall looked dreadful when all the dark (slate?) tile was wet. With a little more attention to detail it could have been a great addition to that part of the city. As it stands, it's only so-so at best (IMO).
#5
Posted 24 November 2006 - 08:53 AM
The commercial space in the Wave isn't "glassy fishbowl" enough, if you get my meaning. That's my main beef, other than the stretched mosaic. I think it's a pretty good building.
#6
Posted 24 November 2006 - 08:59 AM
#7
Posted 24 November 2006 - 09:03 AM
Seriously, is it a mural or a mosaic? I thought it was a mosaic? Everybody calls it a mural.
From Dictionary.com:
mural –noun
1. a large picture painted or affixed directly on a wall or ceiling.
mosaic–noun
1. a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
So I guess any picture on the outside of a building can be a mural.... it only becomes a mosaic if it is made up up smaller pieces of some solid material (stone, glass, tile etc.)
Cheers!
#8
Posted 24 November 2006 - 09:04 AM
#9
Posted 24 November 2006 - 12:09 PM
The setback sucks, the finishing sucks, the design sucks, the height sucks, everything about it sucks.
My 2¢
Looking forward to what Jawl Development does to their corner...
#10
Posted 24 November 2006 - 05:36 PM
No tenant has been publicly anounced for the space once occupied by Hollywood Tonight, but construction is slowly underway there.
#11
Posted 28 November 2006 - 12:19 PM
There was another Texaco station just up the street in the Chrysler building at Yates and Cook.
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#12
Posted 28 November 2006 - 12:25 PM
Know it all.
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#13
Posted 28 November 2006 - 12:26 PM
So do we have another present this year?
#14
Posted 28 November 2006 - 12:30 PM
#15
Posted 28 November 2006 - 12:33 PM
#16
Posted 28 November 2006 - 12:34 PM
There will be seven CRD-administered below-market housing units in the south side of the podium.
Looking west down Yates:
View Street looking south:
#17
Posted 28 November 2006 - 02:14 PM
#18
Posted 28 November 2006 - 02:33 PM
So in keeping with inappropriate names for our buildings, (the Wing also comes to mind!), let's called this the "Octogon."
Hello? Anyone?
*chirp*
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#19
Posted 28 November 2006 - 02:43 PM
#20
Posted 28 November 2006 - 06:16 PM
That should have been dubbed "The Wave."
Call this one the Tsunami....
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