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[Mike K.]

March 3 2015

 

Tower crane at Hudson Walk

 

Mini cranes at 8 on the Park and Janion.

[HB]

There are going to be a lot of Tower Cranes on the Horizon soon

 

Now there are ones at

 

Uptown

Hudson

Escher

 

???

Edited by HB, 23 September 2015 - 07:40 PM.

[Gary H]

Three true "tower" cranes, four if you count the mini Janion one.  The Broughton one is harder to see because it doesn't rise above the hill in the background.  I think I'll be able to see the future cranes on Yates so I'll keep a watch out.  I shot this with my RX100 so you can go to flickr to see the original.

 

[D.L.]

Standing at the corner of Douglas and Fort there are three tower cranes visible

[nagel]

Standing at the corner of Douglas and Fort there are three tower cranes visible

It looks to me like the mini Janion one is being taken down.  Is this just temporary due to the storm?

[Gary H]

No, this isn't Victoria, it's La Jolla California, where everyone has their own cardiologist, and every demolished old home requires a massively upsized new one that needs a mini tower crane to construct. 

 

 

[Hotel Mike]

La Jolla is a lovely spot. An almost perfect climate with great sunsets over the Pacific.

 

Getting back to our local cranes, might we see an all time record in 2016. In addition to what's in Gary's shot, I'm thinking we will be adding many more: Encore, Pandora and Vancouver, Capital Park. I'm probably missing some.

[Mike K.]

Legato and Jukebox, possibly. And 1008 Pandora might require one.

[sebberry]

[Mike K.]

While having breakfast this morning I (just barely) snapped this red mini crane cruising down Pandora. It looked just like the one that was setup at the Janion. I wonder where it was heading.

 

[Hotel Mike]

^ Is it being used on Wilson in Vic West?

[Gary H]

Yes, they've swapped the yellow crane at the Wilson's Walk site for the one used at the Janion site.  I know it's the Janion crane since it has the exact same graffiti on its mast that I commented on in the Janion thread.

Edited by Gary H, 01 December 2015 - 11:07 AM.

[Mike K.]

Mystery solved. Nice work.

[Bingo]

Yes, they've swapped the yellow crane at the Wilson's Walk site for the one used at the Janion site.  I know it's the Janion crane since it has the exact same graffiti on its mast that I commented on in the Janion thread.

 

How high up is the graffiti?

[Gary H]

From the Janion thread, post #800:  http://vibrantvictor...ation/?p=259941

 

The graffiti starts around the top of the counter-weight stack.  Note the graffiti was not present in post #792 above it.  So it was "added" some time between May 8th and May 14th and it remains to this day.

Edited by Gary H, 01 December 2015 - 07:20 PM.

[LJ]

Mike K., on 30 Nov 2015 - 9:17 PM, said:Mike K., on 30 Nov 2015 - 9:17 PM, said:

While having breakfast this morning I (just barely) snapped this red mini crane cruising down Pandora. It looked just like the one that was setup at the Janion. I wonder where it was heading.

 

 

Wasn't it VHF that said there was only one black guy in Victoria? And you managed to snap a pic of him, well done.

Edited by LJ, 01 December 2015 - 07:22 PM.

[Gary H]

LJ, edit your post and remove that little paper clip icon from the quote - it makes me dizzy. 

Edited by Gary H, 01 December 2015 - 07:21 PM.

[HB]

3 are visible from Rock Bay Ave at Bay St and when the second one goes up across from City Hall it will be visible from here too

Edited by HB, 06 January 2016 - 07:45 PM.

[Bingo]

[shoeflack]

The rooftop of The 834 provides an outstanding vantage point for the towers currently up in Victoria. Clear view of 5 with a slight view of a 6th at Capital Park. It'll have a fantastic vantage of the second tower at 1515 Douglas, as well as towers that go up at 819 Yates and Legato. Click this link for the full size image (click on the image and you'll be able to zoom into 100%).

 

 

1. 1075 Pandora/1088 Johnson

2. Escher on Broughton

3. Capital Park

4. 1515 Douglas

5. Hudson Walk

6. Azzurro