Vancouver's Finest Buildings
Dec 1st 2010, 11:24 pm
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Re: Vancouver's Finest Buildings
There are. If only city planners hadn't stuck their noses in and insisted on a trillion tons of blue glass. When I lived in coal harbour the landlord told me there where by-laws about the colour of curtains/blinds you could have - wtf?
Dec 2nd 2010, 2:54 am
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Re: Vancouver's Finest Buildings
I'm not a big fan of most modern archtecture and there is def a sameyness to a lot of the new stuff (although newer buildings are way more livable usually from my experience). I did read that the city is reviewing view cones and allowing higher buildings in some areas. Also there is a definate trend in buildings under construction away from the overdone blue grass. Vancouver Turn and Jameson come to mind.....
Dec 2nd 2010, 3:08 am
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Some hotels:
The Sylvia (English Bay watering hole and local icon)
The Fairmount Vancouver (my favourite Vancouver Building)
and Vancovuer's first fancy hotel the Alambrah (although no longer a hotel)
The Sylvia (English Bay watering hole and local icon)
The Fairmount Vancouver (my favourite Vancouver Building)
and Vancovuer's first fancy hotel the Alambrah (although no longer a hotel)
Dec 2nd 2010, 3:21 am
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some more hotels:
Pensalvanya Hotel, Dominion and the victorian
Pensalvanya Hotel, Dominion and the victorian
Dec 2nd 2010, 3:22 am
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Fab thread dboy, you are dead handy with a camera. I had a hunt around for some pics too, but only have the inside of the Fairmont and Deep Cove...
Dec 2nd 2010, 4:07 am
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ooh ooh 0 whats the one near COmmercial on HAstings - hotel - just been redone all art deco with a wakiki surf bar . . .
Dec 2nd 2010, 2:30 pm
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street scapes:
Dec 2nd 2010, 2:47 pm
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Commerce and Civic Buildings 1
Dec 2nd 2010, 2:49 pm
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Commerce and Civic Buildings 2
Dec 2nd 2010, 3:22 pm
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Dec 2nd 2010, 3:27 pm
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Dec 2nd 2010, 3:31 pm
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Really enjoyed these fab pics dboy, they brought back some fantastic memories of last year...
Dec 2nd 2010, 7:53 pm
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I've been following this thread for a bit now and really enjoying your great pics on here dboy. Any chance you could put them all in a zip somewhere? It's a great collection.
Dec 2nd 2010, 8:55 pm
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Here also is a link to a thread with a whole pile of Vancouver pictures. Note in the first post the original poster also posts links to other threads of Vancouver pictures.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=186882
Last edited by Steve_P; Dec 2nd 2010 at 9:00 pm.