December 10th, 2024 — Houses in the 5500 block of Manson Street soon to be demolished and replaced with towers like those being built in the old Oakridge shopping center.
Category: Urban Landscape
It’s a wrap
December 9th, 2024 — This building at the corner of Trutch Street and Broadway was wrapped to protect it from the weather during a renovation.
Downtown
November 23rd, 2024 — Vancouver’s downtown skyline from city hall.
Parking lot
November 25th, 2024 — Parking lot at 35 East 3rd Avenue.
To be demolished
November 24th. 2024 — These four houses, almost new, the first two on West King Edward Blvd, the last two on South West Marine Drive are parts of land assemblies and will soon be demolished. Beautiful houses worth far less than the dirt they sit on.
Broadway plan
November 24th, 2024 — If you saw the previous day’s post you might wonder why 400 to 500 people of different backgrounds would gather at city hall to hear some speeches about zoning. The pictures below, all within a couple of blocks of 14th and Main, explain. They are of six old low rise apartments whose owners want to rezone so the buildings can be demolished and replaced with towers. The renters, despite assurances from the city a new home will be found for them, will be evicted and in a city with virtually no vacancies; have nowhere to go. This is known as the Broadway Plan.
November 24th. 2024 — 215-229 East 13th Avenue.
November 24th. 2024 — 310 East 14th Avenue.
November 24th. 2024 — 254 East 12th Avenue.
November 24th. 2024 — 270 East 13th Avenue.
November 24th. 2024 — 25-55 East 12th Avenue.
November 24th. 2024 — 45 East 16th Avenue.
Canopy with 2×4’s
September 21st, 2024 — The overdoor canopies of all 25 units in the Crescent West townhouse development at UBC are propped up with 2×4’s shimmed with bits of 2×6. The complex was built in 2009. One unit, currently for sale for 2.5 million dollars, is described as a “… townhome of uncompromising quality, sophistication & style…”.
View from the bridge
September 14th, 2024 — View of apartment buildings from the north east side of the Burrard Street Bridge.
Tent
September 14th, 2024 — Homeless tent on the east side of the Burrard Street Bridge.
Opens today
September 14th, 2024 — Updates to the north end of the Granville Street Bridge are complete and the bridge reopens to traffic today.
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