Nanaimo's (near) future skyline?

[jacob.maclean]

Absolutely. I'll be taking some photos for sure.

[jacob.maclean]

As promised. Early this morning! Updated Pacifica construction photos...

[Mike K.]

Much appreciated.

And, man, that's a big building!

[jacob.maclean]

You're welcome.

[Phil McAvity]

Originally Posted by Mike K.

Much appreciated.

And, man, that's a big building!

Nah, the Beacon would put that puppy in it's place in a flash.

What a difference this sucker will make to the Nanaimo skyline though. It will really help fill in that huge gap between Seacrest and the Coast hotel. It's almost topped out too. The weird thing is, I count 19 floors even though it's listed as 18. That's one better! The more the merrier! From the city side it's only 15 stories though.

Anyway, here's the latest from the Pacifica website, dated June 4:

[Mike K.]

It's just so incredibly wide at the base. It's huge!

But that's obviously because it used the shell of a previous building, but you catch my drift.

[Flea]

I just got back from Canada for the first time.

Stayed at Bear mountain few days and 2 and half days in Vancouver.

Bear Mt is right near Langsford and then right into Victoria was fast.

To Vancouver we went 3 times by plane 25 Min's each way not bad time over the boat rides I love plane to see the island going into town the Vancouver's islands and Vancouver city.

in Victoria I just happen to bump into Mike K, I think that was his name was I saw his truck with the back poster on it real nice person much like most I met in Canada.

Victoria and surrounding area I loved hiking biking kayaking and city great for nice harbor nites and food and nice hang out.

I liked Vancouver city for look of city and its got its own feel to it ith its own music secne music ,mmp clubs too,nice party city and great food and very nice persons as well.
To visit BC again 863 miles from SF easy to do.

SF BTW is taking the blue glass cue from Vancouver the south of market side is all going up all blue glass newest part of city. 20+ 350+-1200FT as of now SF is 3rd with 200FT and has more 300FT than LA. Yet they do look nice but if too many looks funkysome say.
blue looks great but the quakes worry me about glass but I think BC has them to.

I can see my self living in either play both parts and all around BC was nice I like the west part better than the colder east and dont like long flying takes 1hr 38 of real flying time from sf to Victoria

[The Great Scaper]

Hey I forgot all about this thread...

I posted these photos somewhere else...They are some photos I took of Nanaimo a few Sunday afternoons and evenings ago.

[Phil McAvity]

Wow, nice pictures scaper!

You got the city and skyline from so many great angles. I particulary like to see the difference that pacifica is making on the skyline.

[The Great Scaper]

Thanks Phil...

I found it interesting when reading back through this thread, you said that out of all those proposals this was the only one that saw being built in the near future. Pretty cool intuition!

Cheers.

I'm posting a few more photos of Victoria I took tonight in the Vic forum. Some cool angles.

[newflyer]

Nanaimo is looking very good.

[vicbc250]

Originally Posted by djp

South Nanaimo is actually very dense already. Downtown Nanaimo is far more densely populated than, for instance, downtown Victoria. Many of the people living there happen to be drug addicts and homeless people, but what can you do?

hahahaha not even close
vic(excluding langford,north saanich, sidney,brentwood.

nan

[Ayreonaut]

Holy thread resurrection Batman!

[aastra]

These maps show the population densities per square KM in the core census tracts of Victoria, Vancouver, Kelowna and Nanaimo. Note: the scales of the Victoria, Vancouver, and Kelowna maps are comparable but the Nanaimo map has been sized up (as you can tell by the size of the city blocks):









More info: There are 78,057 people living in 19.68 square KM in Victoria's city proper - 2006 census data). If you total up the core census tracts on Vancouver's downtown peninsula, downtown east side, and on the south side of False Creek and into Kitsilano, you get 142,001 people in 19.53 square KM (2006 census data). Nanaimo's core census tracts contain 25,676 people in 19.00 square KM (2006 census data).

[Chadillaccc]

Any updated skyline pics of Nanaimo anyone?

[whiteford]

i think that as long as the developments are good ones, a mini skyline would look good there if the towers are up to it.