Laurel Point is a geographic indicator and like Ogden Point the name is likely to stick despite elaborate re-naming schemes.
Laurel Point Park remediation
#81
Posted 08 October 2019 - 10:58 AM
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#82
Posted 09 October 2019 - 08:36 AM
Laurel Point is a geographic indicator and like Ogden Point the name is likely to stick despite elaborate re-naming schemes.
So long as the Laurel Point Inn exists people will refer to the area that way. Of course, most people are thinking of the hotel when they say it I believe rather than any explicit reference to the rocky outcropping upon which it was built.
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#83
Posted 09 October 2019 - 08:46 AM
Perhaps the hotel should think of renaming itself as "Peter Pollen Park Inn".
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#84
Posted 04 June 2020 - 09:08 AM
Not sure how well this is being advertised, but the City has released the concept plan and is asking for feedback. Project website is here: https://engage.victo...aterfront_Park/
HAPA Collaborative is the firm involved in the design. Not sure if they've done work in Victoria before, but they're prolific over here on the mainland.
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#85
Posted 04 June 2020 - 09:44 AM
As much as this terrible wasteland needs to be revitalized, in the face of significant economic uncertainty, especially in regards to CoV revenues, should it be considered a priority?
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#86
Posted 04 June 2020 - 01:58 PM
I would just like a few trees, that's it. It's very barren now and although I guess that once-huge pond was part of the hotel, what it is now is very disappointing. It used to have a natural look with water lilies etc., now it's industrial-looking.
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#87
Posted 04 June 2020 - 04:35 PM
Perhaps the hotel should think of renaming itself as "Peter Pollen Park Inn".
Couldn't we just shorten it to Pollen Park?
#88
Posted 04 June 2020 - 06:03 PM
#89
Posted 05 June 2020 - 10:34 AM
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#90
Posted 05 June 2020 - 10:37 AM
The Park Pollenten or Telus Ocean 2.0.
#91
Posted 05 June 2020 - 05:18 PM
I just went over to today and yes, so bare. I really hope they bring some trees back indeed.I would just like a few trees, that's it. It's very barren now and although I guess that once-huge pond was part of the hotel, what it is now is very disappointing. It used to have a natural look with water lilies etc., now it's industrial-looking.
I didn’t see a pond, where is that? And some things seem to be missing: the canon and I think another historic feature (can’t remember exactly what it was). They don’t show up on the new plan either.
#92
Posted 05 June 2020 - 06:49 PM
#93
Posted 05 June 2020 - 09:33 PM
That’s what crossed my mind too...The canon = colonialism. I doubt it will be returning. Need to erase the last 150 years of history at every opportunity.
#94
Posted 06 June 2020 - 06:58 AM
The pond is, I guess, part of the Laurel Point Inn, so it's on the side where I think they have a swimming pool. Really used to be lovely, like a mini lake. Now it's very rectangular and again, barren-looking.
#95
Posted 06 June 2020 - 06:59 AM
The canon = colonialism. I doubt it will be returning. Need to erase the last 150 years of history at every opportunity.
I am beginning to hate Victoria.
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#96
Posted 06 June 2020 - 07:51 AM
I am beginning to hate Victoria.
Sadly, so am I.
#98
Posted 02 July 2020 - 02:58 PM
That harbour-facing patio looks like a great spot to have summer lunch.
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#99
Posted 02 July 2020 - 03:24 PM
The canon = colonialism. I doubt it will be returning. Need to erase the last 150 years of history at every opportunity.
According to the plaque the cannon was donated to the City by Delta Hotels to mark the opening of the Laurel Point Inn. It's not part of the maritime history of the harbour, unlike the 9oclock gun in Vancouver.
#100
Posted 02 July 2020 - 03:58 PM
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