1684 Alberni St | 117.3M | 39 Fl | Proposed

[WarrenC12]

Originally Posted by Klazu

Oh, both Vancouver and Burnaby love building dense around main arterial roads and then bottlenecking them to have as much traffic standing still as possible. Case in point are all recent bikeways in Vancouver and Lougheed Highway through Brentwood.

What? Were lanes reduced on arterials in Burnaby? Nothing recently in Vancouver.

[GenWhy?]

Originally Posted by Klazu

Oh, both Vancouver and Burnaby love building dense around main arterial roads and then bottlenecking them to have as much traffic standing still as possible. Case in point are all recent bikeways in Vancouver and Lougheed Highway through Brentwood.

Building a high rise at Alberni & Bidwell makes perfect sense though right next to the CBD. I walk the seawall to the office every day. It's great!

Was bummed on their site plan drawings they didn't show typically what would be City property upgrades that they'll be forced to make but I'm hoping for some decent changes for that intersection. That's a "bike lane" that needs to be re-worked or removed.

[Feathered Friend]

This was approved last night. Councillor Hardwick was the lone vote against, which means yes, even Swanson voted in favour.

[svlt]

Shocker, that's as unanimous as proposals come on this council.

[hollywoodnorth]

Originally Posted by svlt

Shocker, that's as unanimous as proposals come on this council.

election season is at hand ... expect Nut-job Swanson to vote a little less looney toons for the next 6 months.

[Feathered Friend]

Actually, Councillor Swanson has had a pretty consistent track record of voting to approve non-displacement, luxury strata housing applications. The rational being that they come with huge Community Amenity Contributions that can be used to fund non-market housing.

[officedweller]

What happened to the podium?
There seem to be ugly townhouses where an integrated podium was once planned?
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/1668...tower-westbank



https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/1668...tower-westbank

[madog222]

DP application is up.

https://shapeyourcity.ca/1668-1684-alberni-st-2

[madog222]

Originally Posted by officedweller

What happened to the podium?
There seem to be ugly townhouses where an integrated podium was once planned?

Yup, I guess to cut down the scale from Bidwell and match the houses across the lane.


Image from Revery Architecture https://shapeyourcity.ca/1668-1684-alberni-st-2