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Posted Mar 7, 2013, 2:55 PM
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Ferris Wheel Hater
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Can't find the dp applications anymore they seem to have been removed...
Here's some info on both of the projects
8 W. Pender
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The proposal was received to rehabilitate the façade of this Chinatown municipally designated heritage building listed under the category “A” in the Vancouver Heritage Register. The historic building, also known as the Sam Kee Building, was constructed in 1913. The Guinness Book of Records recognizes it as the “shallowest commercial building” in the world and it is associated with Chang Toy, the wealthy Chinatown merchant and his business, the Sam Key Company.
The developed conservation plan is a combination of preservation, restoration and rehabilitation. All three building facades will receive a thorough conservation treatment. There is a significant new addition proposed for the principal façade - the glass enclosure on the ground floor. The enclosure was designed to provide for internal connection between eastern and western portions of the building, since the layout of this extremely narrow building does not allow it. The intent was to rehabilitate the entrance while improving internal communication corridors, horizontally and vertically, in a least intrusive manner. The proposed conservation plan is generally consistent with the Standards and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada and the Chinatown HA-1 Design Guidelines.
The applicant has applied through the Heritage Façade Rehabilitation Program requesting two façade grants of $50,000 each. The project was presented to the Chinatown Historic Area Planning Committee on January 08, 2013 and was generally supported. The CHAPC expressed some concerns about the design development of the glass enclosure and requested further improvements. The application will be taken to City Council for approval of façade grants once the Development Permit is issuable and three quotes for the proposed heritage work received.
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THAT the Vancouver Heritage Commission support the Heritage Façade Rehabilitation application and the proposed design for the glass enclosure for 8 West Pender Street, noting the following suggestions:
THAT the Applicant consider reconfiguring the angled glazing of the glass enclosure (i.e. making it a right angle) and consider the use of starfire glazing to make the glazing as clear as possible.
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498 Carrall Street (1 East Pender)
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The application was received to rehabilitate this significant Chinatown heritage building. The proposal is to adaptively re-use the building, retain the existing built form and massing, rehabilitate the exterior, and change the uses to office and parking (on the ground floor) and community theatre (on the second floor).
498 Carrall Street (1 East Pender), also known as The Chinese Times Building, is listed in the “B” evaluation category on the Vancouver Heritage Register and it is municipally designated heritage site. The heritage value of the building is found in its architecture, the choice of brick as a construction material as well as in its direct association with individuals, organizations and uses that played important roles in the Chinese community. The building was home to the Chee Kung Tong, the Chinese Freemasons, associated with the earliest immigration of Chinese to British Columbia during the Fraser River Gold Rush of 1858 and the establishment of the community in both, BC and Canada. The second significant tenant was the newspaper, the Chinese Times, which had its offices here from 1930s until 1990s. (Please refer to the attached Statement of Significance for more information on heritage values and character defining elements).
The conservation plan by Soren Rasmussen Architects is generally consistent with the Chinatown HA-1 Design Guidelines and the Standards and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada. The chamfered building corner will be retained, the “cheater floor” feature retained and modified to provide adequate access and headroom, the large cornice fully restored, the bay windows on E. Pender St. preserved and repaired, storefront windows on Pender St. restored as per the original configuration, the facade on Carrall St. rehabilitated to better accommodate new uses. The conservation plan also includes four significant new elements: the garage entrance and the theatre entrance on Carrall Street, the extensive fixed canopy along both principal facades, and the building projection onto Carrall Street located above the new theatre entrance.
The applicant has requested heritage incentives through the Heritage Building Rehabilitation Program (HBRP), in exchange for the conservation of building’s heritage features. The incentives consist of $100,000 façade grant (two grants of $50,000 each) and the property tax exemption over the period of up to 10 years. The property tax exemption incentive has not been determined yet.
The application was presented to Chinatown Historic Area Planning Committee in December 2012 and January 2013, and was generally supported, with further requests, as follows:
“That the Chinatown Historic Area Planning Committee generally supports the proposal for 498 Carrall Street (1 East Pender) – DE 415524 with the following considerations:
a) suggestion that the overall support of the new design element of the bay window, and that the entrance and the bay window be treated as a unified element, and that it remain a unique and contemporary component of the project;
b) requests that further design consideration be given to the canopy in regard to width, length and the need for continuous coverage around the building, and strongly encourages that the projection of canopy be reduced, and that a fragmented canopy may be more fitting with the neighborhood;
c) requests that the applicant review the design of the rhythm of the mullions and sill heights to keep with the historical context of the building;
d) requests that more effort be made to reduce the industrial character or visual prominence of the garage door; and
e) strongly encourages the inclusion of neon signage with the project.”
Issues:
(i) New building projection on Carrall Street, its design and encroachment;
(ii) Continuity of proposed fixed canopy, its design and projection; and
(iii) The character of E. Pender Street storefronts
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THAT the Vancouver Heritage Commission generally supports for the application to rehabilitate 498 Carrall Street (1 East Pender Street - DE415524) noting the following:
i) That the bay window and the theatre entrance be treated as an unified element by considering the use of mullions in the large plate glass window in the current proposal,
ii) That the detailing of the garage door be reconsidered, and
iii) That the plate glass storefronts be reduced to be more in keeping with Chinatown, more consistent with the current pedestrian experience; and
FURTHER THAT the applicant consider the inclusion of neon signage.
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That the Chinatown Historic Area Planning Committee:
a) generally supports the proposal for 498 Carrall Street (1 East Pender) – DE 415524; and
b) requests that the applicant report back to a future meeting with further design development, particularly around the theatre entrance elements including bay window, canopy and door at that location, and the canopy around the entire building; and
c) requests that the applicant also articulate the delineation between existing (heritage) and proposed (new) façade elements.
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Pender St Elevation
http://former.vancouver.ca/devapps/4...xistingnew.pdf
Carrall St Elevation
http://former.vancouver.ca/devapps/4...xistingnew.pdf
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