[Saanich] Tuscany Village mixed-use | Built - completed in 2007
#61
Posted 25 August 2007 - 03:52 PM
Actually, after 20 days of being in a city little bigger than Victoria but at 1.1 million people with 3 subway lines, trams on every other street that run at least every 2-5 min, every single neighbourhood being a true mix of people and classes, happy couples with babies and dogs defying north-american wisdom about raising a familly in "the city", a single city block having everything from a sleek black glass office building, crazy 30's cubist apartment building, and a nearly 1,000 year old still-used city hall tower all living next to each other without any offending, threatening, or overshadowing each other... it's enough to almost just want to give up on North America. We really don't know what the hell we're doing over here in terms of cities.
#62
Posted 27 August 2007 - 09:10 AM
The best parts of Victoria -- the best things about it -- would never be allowed today.
#63
Posted 27 August 2007 - 10:28 AM
#64
Posted 27 August 2007 - 10:32 AM
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#65
Posted 27 August 2007 - 06:38 PM
Tuscany Village in your back yard.
#66
Posted 27 August 2007 - 06:51 PM
#67
Posted 27 August 2007 - 07:57 PM
I think this project affords us something of a sneak peek at what Town & Country will ultimately look like.
Be afraid, be VERY afraid.
#68
Posted 27 August 2007 - 08:31 PM
#69
Posted 28 August 2007 - 11:02 AM
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
#70
Posted 28 August 2007 - 02:33 PM
I have heard Earl's but am hoping it will be something different! No student can afford to eat at Earl's. I had lunch at the Downtown location not too long ago, ordered a drink and a salad, and cam out $30 lighter.... too expensive and way too trandy for me now!
#71
Posted 03 September 2007 - 06:55 PM
#72
Posted 03 September 2007 - 07:13 PM
The fancy file roofs, which are so prominent in the renderings, are practically invisible from any angle.
They would have been far better off ditching the roof and going with a roof-top garden with a few glassed-in penthouses like the roof of the old Bay building or even the Vogue or Monaco Lofts renovations.
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#73
Posted 03 September 2007 - 07:24 PM
#74
Posted 03 September 2007 - 07:25 PM
#75
Posted 03 September 2007 - 07:37 PM
For your viewing pleasure, even more Tuscany Village shots. Including shots of the beautiful Piazza sure to be on the list of must see tourist destinations while in Victoria.
Every time I see that tower it reminds me of Europe. Not of Italy, because I never saw a tower there that was shaped like that but of the Dacau Concentration Camp in Germany which had many guard towers like that. It sort of weirds me out.
http://www.picturetrail.com/rrww2
#76
Posted 03 September 2007 - 08:03 PM
#77
Posted 03 September 2007 - 10:36 PM
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
#78
Posted 03 September 2007 - 10:50 PM
#79
Posted 04 September 2007 - 09:34 AM
The space occupied by Blockbuster also seems to be okay.
I think Victorians will probably complain about the colours but otherwise they'll love it. Which is ironic, because the colours are probably the best thing about this development.
#80
Posted 04 September 2007 - 09:43 AM
Saanich steadfastly refuses to develop its own intrinsic character, so perhaps this is the best it will ever be able to do?
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