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It looks amazing. It really makes this into a park like area. A great improvement I must say.
The Fairmont Empress Hotel
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VicHockeyFan
, Jun 27 2014 11:28 AM
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Posted 18 March 2015 - 01:14 PM
It looks amazing. It really makes this into a park like area. A great improvement I must say.
Agreed, my first reaction was postive. It really opens the area up. Once the bus depot is gone, it will look even better.
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Posted 18 March 2015 - 05:08 PM
+1 for the new landscaping. 
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Posted 18 March 2015 - 06:45 PM
it will still make a good background for wedding photos.
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Posted 29 March 2015 - 02:31 PM
The Empress is planning to put in a permanent concrete ice rink slab, that they will use as a rink in just Dec/Jan. And used for summer weddings too.
<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><em><span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">"I don’t need a middle person in my pizza slice transaction" <strong>- zoomer, April 17, 2018</strong></span></em></span>
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Posted 29 March 2015 - 07:12 PM
^Why not a roller rink in the summer?
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Posted 29 March 2015 - 07:30 PM
^Why not a roller rink in the summer?
Sounds alright. I have not paid a fee to roller-skate since about 1979 or 1980 at Oak Bay Rec Centre. Good times.
In fact a standard song was Cars, "Let the Good Times Roll" during the sessions.
I see it's from 1978:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BDBzgHXf64
<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><em><span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">"I don’t need a middle person in my pizza slice transaction" <strong>- zoomer, April 17, 2018</strong></span></em></span>
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Posted 30 March 2015 - 09:47 AM
it will still make a good background for wedding photos.
Not so much anymore. They tore down the rose trellis. Now we have a spectacular view of the bus station.
Edited by tedward, 30 March 2015 - 12:32 PM.
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Posted 30 March 2015 - 12:19 PM
Which will be gone soon enough ...hopefully.
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Posted 02 April 2015 - 09:45 PM
Are the trees in front gone as well now? I'm surprised to see that change without significant gnashing of teeth...
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GET OFF MY LAWN
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Posted 03 April 2015 - 07:23 AM
Most commentors do not like the changes.
<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><em><span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">"I don’t need a middle person in my pizza slice transaction" <strong>- zoomer, April 17, 2018</strong></span></em></span>
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Posted 03 April 2015 - 07:29 AM
^ Let them go buy their own hotel. Change is good. There is nothing as constant as change.
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Posted 03 April 2015 - 07:44 AM
I can't believe they cut down those trees. Not all change is good.
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Posted 03 April 2015 - 07:48 AM
^ I know it's hard to get over. One of the trees was sick and the owners have a different plan.
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Posted 03 April 2015 - 08:04 AM
They were trees, not people. New trees (and other landscaping) will replace them and in time no one will even remember the old ones. Why is change so feared in this city?
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Posted 03 April 2015 - 08:18 AM
They were trees, not people. New trees (and other landscaping) will replace them and in time no one will even remember the old ones. Why is change so feared in this city?
Ya, not sure why the changes are not welcomed. Like Sparky says, everyone can go buy their own hotel if they want.
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<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><em><span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">"I don’t need a middle person in my pizza slice transaction" <strong>- zoomer, April 17, 2018</strong></span></em></span>
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Posted 03 April 2015 - 09:13 AM
^ I know it's hard to get over. One of the trees was sick and the owners have a different plan.
One of them was apparently sick. The other two were just fine.
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Posted 03 April 2015 - 09:15 AM
They were trees, not people. New trees (and other landscaping) will replace them and in time no one will even remember the old ones. Why is change so feared in this city?
One could say the same to people resisting to a different bridge, the road closures to BHP, etc. But those are bad changes so it doesn't count, right?
Edited by gumgum, 03 April 2015 - 09:17 AM.
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Posted 03 April 2015 - 09:26 AM
But the Empress is private property.
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