APPROVED Douglas and Caledonia, condo Uses: condo, commercial Address: 710 Caledonia Avenue Municipality: Victoria Region: Downtown Victoria Storeys: 21 Condo units: (studio/bachelor, 1BR, 2BR, 3BR) Sales status: in planning |
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#101
Posted 18 April 2022 - 09:13 AM
#102
Posted 18 April 2022 - 09:30 AM
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#103
Posted 18 April 2022 - 10:44 AM
#104
Posted 18 April 2022 - 12:47 PM
The businesses in Milley’s Lane have had a lot of issues, and I think the convenience store up the lane next to Brown’s is now closed. I can’t even recall who or what operates within the RBC one, but at least it’s nice and wide and opens to a plaza in the Sussex.
They’re tough spaces to activate, and there’s no strategy other than requiring them to be created. There are no guidelines and no research into making them successful spaces.
It reminds of the food truck kick the city was on for a while. They even ok’d that food truck station on Yates and Douglas then the idea was just abandoned.
Why do we keep making these mistakes?
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#105
Posted 18 April 2022 - 12:49 PM
#106
Posted 18 April 2022 - 08:15 PM
Tim Hortons on Fort has issues with people hanging out at the walkway entrance alcove, and Van City left to new digs from within the walkway. They had issues there.
The businesses in Milley’s Lane have had a lot of issues, and I think the convenience store up the lane next to Brown’s is now closed. I can’t even recall who or what operates within the RBC one, but at least it’s nice and wide and opens to a plaza in the Sussex.
They’re tough spaces to activate, and there’s no strategy other than requiring them to be created. There are no guidelines and no research into making them successful spaces.
It reminds of the food truck kick the city was on for a while. They even ok’d that food truck station on Yates and Douglas then the idea was just abandoned.
Why do we keep making these mistakes?
The convenience store past Brown's is still there. That walkway is just fine.
You keep saying that there is some sort of huge problem but I am not seeing it and I am in these walkways every day. I will take some pictures this week and post them in the appropriate thread
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#107
Posted 18 April 2022 - 08:50 PM
#108
Posted 18 April 2022 - 09:13 PM
Maybe the most intricate one is at the Union, but its been a nightmare for the strata. Good urbanism isn’t supposed to create winners and losers the way these walkways tend to do.
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Posted 19 April 2022 - 07:41 AM
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#111
Posted 19 April 2022 - 08:09 AM
Dragon Ally I would say is quite nice
I don't know for sure, but I think that one is from the 90s, no? It is by far the nicest of the modern stock, and the pinnacle of these walkways built since the 60s through to today.
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#112
Posted 19 April 2022 - 12:52 PM
I don't know for sure, but I think that one is from the 90s, no? It is by far the nicest of the modern stock, and the pinnacle of these walkways built since the 60s through to today.
90’s … sort of. Always been an alley. Pre-reno may have been called Hm Sum Ye Alley. Difference then, the alley through the inner buildings was covered, similar to the buildings when you access from Fisgard or Herald. Above was one long hallway used to access rooms on 2nd floor.
Courtyards have always been open from above. At one time you could access the space between the Don Mee building and I believe two smaller buildings (can be seen from parking lot on Herald. The space has since been covered over, now from the sky it looks like one building.
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#113
Posted 19 April 2022 - 12:59 PM
I don't know for sure, but I think that one is from the 90s, no? It is by far the nicest of the modern stock, and the pinnacle of these walkways built since the 60s through to today.
I believe Dragon Alley was completed around 1998.
I don't think that Agrius' position on Theatre Alley has been a drawback; in fact, I accessed Agrius from the alley multiple times when I worked downtown in a building to the north of the restaurant!
#114
Posted 19 April 2022 - 01:04 PM
90’s … sort of. Always been an alley. Pre-reno may have been called Hm Sum Ye Alley. Difference then, the alley through the inner buildings was covered, similar to the buildings when you access from Fisgard or Herald. Above was one long hallway used to access rooms on 2nd floor.
Courtyards have always been open from above. At one time you could access the space between the Don Mee building and I believe two smaller buildings (can be seen from parking lot on Herald. The space has since been covered over, now from the sky it looks like one building.
Ah, that's it! I thought its history was a bit more complex. So the old alley was used as part of the redevelopment, and the alley was central to the project. That's very cool.
So we can do it right. Why did we give up over the following 25 years?
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#115
Posted 19 April 2022 - 02:08 PM
Okay so to get us back on topic I am uploading pics here https://vibrantvicto...e-4#entry646734
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#116
Posted 19 April 2022 - 02:19 PM
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#117
Posted 19 April 2022 - 03:20 PM
Well you hooked me with plaza talk and reeled me in with walkways. How could I avoid it??
#118
Posted 19 April 2022 - 08:46 PM
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#119
Posted 20 April 2022 - 10:00 AM
For sure. When I make a list of VV forumers who really need to get off their lazy duffs and start posting more pics, G-Man is always right near the top.
#120
Posted 20 April 2022 - 10:06 AM
I can’t believe this is what it took for the Victoria Sidewalking guy to finally do some Sidewalking in Victoria!
In his defense, he runs another popular blog called "Sidetracking Victoria" which takes a lot of his time.
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