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[Downtown Victoria] The Belvedere | 49m | 15-storeys | Built - completed in 2006


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#41 Holden West

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Posted 14 October 2006 - 11:34 AM

Don't forget, now that Food Country is staying in Castana, if there was ever a proposal for a boutique grocery for that space they might now be thinking of the Y-lot.
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#42 gumgum

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Posted 14 October 2006 - 11:37 AM

Unless Food Country becomes boutique.

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Posted 14 October 2006 - 11:43 AM

Those plans seemed to suggest that food country would be getting bigger rather than smaller.

There is just no room for anything in those stores. I suppose the largest spot left in Astoria could accomodate a place about the size of lifestyles market in Cook Street Village but that is about it.

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#44 gumgum

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Posted 14 October 2006 - 03:41 PM

Size does not dictate a boutique. Besides, the jury's out as to whether Food Country is expanding or not.

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Posted 31 October 2006 - 10:38 AM

Taken today:

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I've never seen these kinds of anti-skateboard knobby things before. They certainly look nicer than those bended pieces sheet of metal you usually see. Attention to detail - that's the key.
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#46 gumgum

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Posted 31 October 2006 - 10:43 AM

I don't like the water fountain on the second pic of the previous post, but this one is on the other side of the building is nice:
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#47 Oxford Sutherland

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Posted 05 November 2006 - 07:45 PM

They didn't paint the raw concrete ends of the columns on the Fairfield Rd side of the building. They're painted on the other sides, but not the Fairfield Rd side. So it doesn't match, and doesn't look as good as it should. :(

I wonder if they're even aware of this.

#48 gumgum

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Posted 05 November 2006 - 09:14 PM

Wow Ox. Only you would notice a detail like that.
Good observation.

#49 Scaper

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Posted 05 November 2006 - 09:20 PM

Everyone keep an eye on the Belvedere....if we see some random guy painting the columns .....we will know who Ox. is!!! :wink:

#50 gumgum

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Posted 05 November 2006 - 09:20 PM

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Have I mentioned how much this fountain bugs me?
Could they not have done something about the surrounding concrete?
I don't know. I just seems that when it's a smaller public feature, concrete should be eliminated from the equation.
Exposed concrete is a large scale material.

#51 Scaper

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Posted 05 November 2006 - 09:21 PM

It should have had a hot mermaid in it or something...:)



#52 Oxford Sutherland

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Posted 05 November 2006 - 09:26 PM

If I bought into the Belvedere, I'd be raising it as an issue with Concert Properties or Campbell Construction.

Maybe there's some good reason for it, but it could just be lack of attention to detail. Makes me wonder what else they forgot to do on the building.

#53 Oxford Sutherland

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Posted 05 November 2006 - 09:31 PM

Have I mentioned how much this fountain bugs me?
Could they not have done something about the surrounding concrete?
I don't know. I just seems that when it's a smaller public feature, concrete should be eliminated from the equation.
Exposed concrete is a large scale material.


The biggest problem with concrete is the number of developers who simply leave it raw and unfinished.

If you're going to use exposed concrete....FINISH IT!!!

Paint it, stain it, polish it, put aggregate in it, just do something with it besides pouring it and walking away calling it "luxury" :roll:

#54 gumgum

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Posted 05 November 2006 - 09:33 PM

Raw concrete doesn't neccesarily bug me. But in this case it does. Mostly cuz it shouldn't have been concrete at all.

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Posted 05 November 2006 - 09:35 PM

how about styrafoam?

#56 gumgum

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Posted 05 November 2006 - 09:44 PM

...or granite.
Something in the stone family anyway.

#57 Oxford Sutherland

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Posted 05 November 2006 - 09:48 PM

Raw concrete is possibly the ugliest material I can think of, and should never been seen on any residential, retail, or office building, it's OK to be used for industrial buildings. Note that I didn't say exposed concrete, I said raw.

However, finished exposed concrete can look very nice.

#58 Holden West

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Posted 05 November 2006 - 09:49 PM

...or granite.
Something in the stone family anyway.


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#59 Oxford Sutherland

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Posted 05 November 2006 - 09:58 PM

The first picture is what exposed concrete should look like when done properly. I took this picture in Portland.

The second picture is what is marketed as "luxury" in Victoria :roll:






#60 gumgum

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Posted 05 November 2006 - 09:59 PM

Raw concrete is possibly the ugliest material I can think of, and should never been seen on any residential, retail, or office building, it's OK to be used for industrial buildings. Note that I didn't say exposed concrete, I said raw.

However, finished exposed concrete can look very nice.


Whatever :)
I didn't know there was a definable difference between raw and exposed.

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