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[James Bay] Crystal Court Motel site | Unknown plans

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#481 Bingo

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Posted 13 January 2015 - 04:09 PM

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#482 Nparker

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Posted 13 January 2015 - 04:14 PM

It sure will be a shame to lose that lovely heritage motel. Perhaps the existing structure will be deemed "unethical" or "irresponsibly dense" and then city council will endorse a new building for this site.



#483 jonny

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Posted 13 January 2015 - 04:21 PM

That motel is clearly unsustainable. The current condition is not very ethically or socially responsible. The building does not look particularly safe either. It certainly is not livable and does not enhance my sense of community. I do not think that it is an efficient use of land management strategies.

 

 

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#484 Bingo

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Posted 13 January 2015 - 04:31 PM

I think it would make a good location for the Art Gallery.


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#485 jonny

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Posted 14 January 2015 - 04:12 PM

I think it would make a good location for the Art Gallery.

 

A downtown art gallery right next to the museum.

 

Wow, what a great idea!!!

 

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#486 2F2R

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Posted 14 January 2015 - 04:38 PM

Boy, I can't wait for the next ten or fifteen years to go by to see what happens here ...


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#487 D.L.

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Posted 02 March 2015 - 10:52 AM

An excavator is on site today. Guys in safety vests are walking around looking at the building


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#488 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 02 March 2015 - 11:08 AM

An excavator is on site today. Guys in safety vests are walking around looking at the building

 

An excavator large enough to knock it down?


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#489 Nparker

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Posted 02 March 2015 - 11:23 AM

An excavator large enough to knock it down?

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#490 D.L.

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Posted 02 March 2015 - 11:29 AM

Probably not demolition, the site isn't fenced off. Looks like some environmental work though



#491 Bingo

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Posted 02 March 2015 - 12:17 PM

Probably not demolition, the site isn't fenced off. Looks like some environmental work though

 

Buried oil tank(s) perhaps?



#492 D.L.

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Posted 19 March 2015 - 08:52 AM

This site's going to remain a parking lot (and vacant building) long enough to justify paving the area that was dug up a couple of weeks back. Paving is being done right now



#493 Mixed365

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Posted 19 March 2015 - 09:27 AM

This site's going to remain a parking lot (and vacant building) long enough to justify paving the area that was dug up a couple of weeks back. Paving is being done right now

Perhaps a parking lot for the trades at Capital Park?


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#494 Nparker

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Posted 09 June 2015 - 06:00 AM

Something tells me a collective panic just arose within the JBNA. 



#495 Sparky

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Posted 09 June 2015 - 07:56 AM

^ "commercial space at grad" :)



#496 lanforod

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Posted 09 June 2015 - 08:14 AM

Dangit. Why can't they build a 30 storey tower there. :P



#497 nagel

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Posted 09 June 2015 - 08:48 AM

time to dig a swimming pool in the front, add some fresh paint and open this beauty back up!



#498 amor de cosmos

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Posted 09 June 2015 - 09:13 AM

wow 175 units right there, sounds good to me. that's ~191 units/acre or ~475 units/hectare

#499 aastra

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Posted 09 June 2015 - 09:25 AM

Concert needs to raise their game on this site re: a less conservative design. I don't expect anything avant-garde, but I do think their bread-and-butter Astoria/Era stuff is just too ordinary for such a prominent location.



#500 Mike K.

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Posted 09 June 2015 - 09:34 AM

That's not their modus operandi.

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