too bad US Crossing as well as Trader Joe's are some of the bigger threads here they'll blow up some more if we get over 85c again :troll: mom and pops I can support...as well as regional brands like Overwaitea and MEC do I go out of my way to fly Air Canada or eat Timbits? ha. |
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There are two people under the age of 30 who have announced their intention to run for Mayor in their respective municipalities in the Lower Mainland. Why aren't there more? What's stopping people here from running for council? I see so much shit-talking of politicians all of the time... maybe it's time for some to put their money where their mouths are? The race for council in Vancouver is as wide-open as it has been in a generation. In fact, we are seeing an unprecedented number of councilors and mayors in Metro Vancouver who have announced that they won't be running in October. Quote:
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So this just happened today, and it is infuriating: https://www.news1130.com/2018/07/24/...ower-approval/ Quote:
WTF Raymond Louie? The view corridor is a huge part of Vancouver's public image to the outside world. This guy has been in council for too long, and has gotten far too comfortable. Time to kick his a$$ out. |
I dunno, I'm a bit of a skyscraper geek and our viewcones are a joke and make this city's skyline look like a 3rd world Latin American city's- an amorphous white/green blob of residential towers with unsightly balconies. I know this proposal is just more residential, but what we really need is a high quality, sleek office tower or two to dominate the skyline again. Otherwise we're just Sao Paulo with more rain. FFS there are going to be taller buildings in Burnaby being built. Is there any other city in North America where a suburb has the tallest building? |
Trump is 70, (minus the 13, and 4’s..) Think it’s still the highest |
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Anyways: Are you talking about # of stories? That's an unreliable measure due to the stupid missing '4' floors phenomenon here. Not to mention ceiling height variation. Tallest is still Shangri-La built in 2008 at 196.9 meters. Trump is #2 at 187.8 m Gilmore Place proposed in Burnaby is set to overtake them both at 214.8 meters. Check these threads out: https://urbanyvr.com/onni-burnaby-gilmore-place-condos http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=225921 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=214585 |
There was some shit on the over all height relative to the surrounding area as well because shangrila is on the top side of Georgia where trump is below I think you’re right in the heights but this was an argument I always heard working there |
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it's hongcouver just trying to be hong kong https://expatliving.hk/wp-content/up...Apartments.jpg |
At least Hong Kong has cool as fuck landmark skyscrapers which are the tallest in the city. We're just going to end up looking like these places: Sao Paulo: https://img.theculturetrip.com/714x4..._b-650x365.jpg Fortaleza: http://www.samburapraiahotel.com.br/...2522835271.png |
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If we're going by elevation, the tallest building may be One Wall Centre as it's on the high point on Burrard and Nelson. |
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angryguyyellsatcloud.jpg there's only 3 tall towers on the street from wellingdon to nelson? |
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RIP RS, no salvation spared. |
Willingdon........ or Wellington, not a combo of the two. Just saiyan. One is in Vancouver and the other in Burnaby. Like Smith and Smithe, I suppose. Close enough and nobody gives a shit until you have to look for a place on those streets, lol. Anyway, carry on carrying on. |
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Yes Lomac, going by the google link I posted, I was in fact...kidding. LUL |
Doesn't really affect me as this isn't our area of construction but letter from Vancouver Regional Construction Association. The letter isn't going to do shit as the NDP has never given a shit about how many tax dollars they spend appeasing union minorities but if you're curious. https://my.vrca.ca/News/2018/OpenLet...rganonCBAs.pdf Quote:
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good on them for voicing their opinion. |
Private construction is -always- hurt by an NDP govt. |
How many contiguous terms has an NDP government been in power? Ever. That speaks volumes. BTW, do any of you remember the Social Credit Party? Whacky Bennet, Grace McCarthy, VanderZalm, and Wacky's son? People get fed up and want a change.......... along comes NDP and people come to their senses soon after. Growing up in East Van, I was a total NDP fanboi. Then, when they got into power, I realized right there and then, they only had one purpose. To promote union interests. I believed in unions, too, but seeing all the corruption made me think twice. Actually, didn't even think twice. Brothers and sisters, I'm told........... fuck that shit. Incest is not my thing. Like communism, the (union) leaders and people in power get their way and everybody else is just a cog...... another brick in the wall. Anyway............ |
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