Social Housing in Vancouver - The 14 Sites - Page 2

JordanRHughes · #21 Posted **Jun 8, 2010, 6:52 PM**

I love the pictures. Thanks for the share. Brings back memories.

hollywoodnorth · #22 Posted **Jun 9, 2010, 12:17 AM**

which of the "newly" announced projects will be in the ground 1st? the one on Expo is what I heard...and soon!.......anyone else?

osirisboy · #23 Posted **Jun 9, 2010, 1:22 AM**

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Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

which of the "newly" announced projects will be in the ground 1st? the one on Expo is what I heard...and soon!.......anyone else?

oh man I hope the expo one is the last one and by then the government runs out of money and sells the land and someone builds something decent.

trofirhen · #24 Posted **Jun 9, 2010, 1:28 AM**

I just hope they build enough units to go around. There actually people (very few in number) who choose homelessness, but for everyone else, it should be made a social crime, with the government as the defendant.

SFUVancouver · #25 Posted **Jun 17, 2010, 4:26 AM**

First and Main social housing

Taken by SFUVancouver, June 16th, 2010.

hollywoodnorth · #26 Posted **Jun 17, 2010, 4:58 AM**

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Originally Posted by osirisboy

oh man I hope the expo one is the last one and by then the government runs out of money and sells the land and someone builds something decent.

Too late.....BUT there is that other city owned site at Expo/Beatty and Nelson....right beside the Concord project THE MAX >> http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=...02765&t=h&z=19

and I know the rumors were that it would get flipped to Concord by the City.....I sure hope so.....

SFUVancouver · #27 Posted **Jun 24, 2010, 1:58 AM**

Karis Place

Taken by SFUVancouver, June 23rd, 2010.

osirisboy · #28 Posted **Jun 24, 2010, 2:57 AM**

Is the Mark going to go up against that black wall?

dleung · #29 Posted **Jun 24, 2010, 4:12 AM**

Mark is officially u/c too, abeit at excavation stage. Might there be any possible clashes with Karis place when the Mark reaches a certain stage in construction? Like with the cranes? I can't recall seeing two abutting towers done by separate developers simultaneously under-construction.

jlousa · #30 Posted **Jun 24, 2010, 4:31 AM**

they probably wont by the time the mark has it's crane up this guy should have it's crane removed.

jsbertram · #31 Posted **Jun 24, 2010, 8:13 AM**

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Originally Posted by osirisboy

Is the Mark going to go up against that black wall?

I don't see a black wall.
What are you referring to?

jlousa · #32 Posted **Jun 24, 2010, 1:18 PM**

Think he meant blank wall.

SFUVancouver · #33 Posted **Jun 25, 2010, 9:03 PM**

Regarding the blank wall, yes, The Mark will be built adjacent to it.

Social housing on Pender at Homer.

Taken by SFUVancouver, June 25th, 2010.

Social Housing on Abbott at Pender.

Taken by SFUVancouver, June 25th, 2010.

Social Housing on Hastings at Princess. (not one of the 14 sites)

Taken by SFUVancouver, June 25th, 2010.

dleung · #34 Posted **Jun 25, 2010, 9:40 PM**

wow, abbott and pender went up quick... amazing how much time is saved when parking isn't included =)

SFUVancouver · #35 Posted **Jul 1, 2010, 6:14 AM**

First and Main social housing

Taken by SFUVancouver, June 30th, 2010.

Pender and Richards social housing

Taken by SFUVancouver, June 30th, 2010.

Pender and Richards social housing from the Vancouver Lookout

Taken by SFUVancouver, June 30th, 2010.

SFUVancouver · #36 Posted **Jul 15, 2010, 7:20 AM**

First and Main social housing

Taken by SFUVancouver, July 14th, 2010.

Karis Place social housing (Seymour and Drake)

Taken by SFUVancouver, July 14th, 2010.

Pender and Richards social housing

Taken by SFUVancouver, July 14th, 2010.

Pender and Abbott social housing

Taken by SFUVancouver, July 14th, 2010.

Main and National social housing

Taken by SFUVancouver, July 14th, 2010.

officedweller · #37 Posted **Jul 21, 2010, 5:36 PM**

From the Sun:

Quote:

Mount Pleasant residential tower reduced to eight storeys from 11 after neighbours' complaints

Council decision puts proposed rental housing in danger: Vancouver Native Housing Society

By Jeff Lee, Vancouver Sun
July 20, 2010

VANCOUVER - Vancouver council bent to the wishes of the Mount Pleasant neighborhood Tuesday and ordered a proposed 11-storey residential tower on one of its 14 city-owned social housing sites scaled back to eight storeys.

But in telling B.C. Housing and the Vancouver Native Housing Society to go back to the drawing board, they have put at risk 24 units of rental housing proposed for the top three floors, Dave Eddy, the society's head said Tuesday.

Even at eight storeys, the project at at the northwest corner of Broadway and Fraser Streets is still too high and will make many neighbors angry, Steve Jung, a neighbor who opposed the development.

Council's compromise came after they weathered three rough days of public hearings in which neighbors wanted the city to stay with the neighborhood maximum height of six storeys, while housing advocates said the 103 social housing units and 24 market rental units are desperately required for the city's native youth.

In cutting the building back to eight storeys, council said the architects could design a new, denser building that would incorporate the market rental units within the allowable floors.

But both Eddy and project architect Larry Adams said they aren't sure that will work, especially since it would violate urban planning design rules set by the city's planning department.

"It doesn't meet planning's urban design objectives. We've worked with planning since 2008 and they've been clear about what they will allow," said Adams, the principal of NSDA Architects. "It's doable, but the question is whether planning will consider it too dense."

Eddy said the likelihood is that the society will simply scrap the top three floors of market rental housing even though that's what the community needs.

"We will take a bash at redesigning it but we're not going to beat ourselves to death. If we see a lot of resistance from planning we'll drop the affordable rental. The irony is that this is what the community wanted. We want to build the rental housing because we believe there's a need for a full range of housing options."

Although council voted unanimously for the change, Councillors. Suzanne Anton and Ellen Woodsworth said they preferred the full 11 storeys. Anton questioned why if council was prepared to allow 20-plus storey rental buildings in the West End it wouldn't allow three storeys of rental on top of social housing in Mount Pleasant.

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http://www.vancouversun.com/business...830/story.html

nova9 · #38 Posted **Jul 21, 2010, 5:58 PM**

Hahaha. Residents shooting themselves in the foot. Too much democracy, I say.

sacrifice333 · #39 Posted **Jul 21, 2010, 6:00 PM**

^Too bad they've cut the MP social housing building from 11 stories to 8.

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Originally Posted by SFUVancouver

Karis Place social housing (Seymour and Drake)

Taken by SFUVancouver, July 14th, 2010.

^This one seems to have glazing in the 2nd floor now.

ozonemania · #40 Posted **Jul 21, 2010, 6:19 PM**

Have you guys read about the 'latest, most comprehensive' report put out by Wendy Pederson-led CCAP? Among a large list of conclusions, they advocate slowing gentrification in the DTES and the City to buy 50 lots in the DTES and build social housing.

http://www.vancouversun.com/Transfor...820/story.html

http://www.theprovince.com/Gentrific...327/story.html

It's a shame that this report has some interesting things to talk about in terms of approach to drug users and access to drugs and treatment. Unfortunately it's mixed in with stupid policies like keeping DTES and poverty ghetto.

Was also surprised to read that Pederson is opposed to modular housing as a potential measure to address homelessness.