VCC Broadway Campus Redevelopment

[Migrant_Coconut]

Same reason Granville Island stopped being an island - only the main channel was navigable by boat.

[chowhou]

Originally Posted by Vin

So why did it not become shallow over the millions of years of existence?

If gravity and erosion exist, why have the mountains not over millions of years simply slipped into the sea?

[jollyburger]

The west side of False Creek, with its deep waters and
immediate access to English Bay, provided the ideal support
for industry, facilitating the route to the Georgia Strait for the
many tugs and barges moving endless loads of timber, bricks
and lime. However, the shallow, swampy and stagnant waters
of east False Creek, unsuitable for navigation, filled with debris
and waste and became a blight on the city; CPR president Van
Horne declared it useless and suggested it be filled. Soon after
the turn of the twentieth century, there was a proposal to dredge
a channel, aligning with Raymur Avenue, between False Creek
and Burrard Inlet. This would have dramatically increased the
value and necessity of navigable water (and the associated
waterfront industrial land) in the Eastern Core, however, the
plan never transpired. The first full-scale survey of the city’s
waterfront, including False Creek, was ordered in 1912.

https://vancouver.ca/files/cov/statement-of-significance-false-creek-flats-2013-april.pdf

For anyone interested: research paper on micropiles for the Rogers Arena South Tower project

A Review of Micropiles Beneficial Aspects through a Case History near False Creek, Canada

https://www.ismicropiles.org/Proceedings...e%20Creek,%20Canada%20-%20Deriszadeh.pdf

The SEFC Energy Centre tender documents has some more geotechnical reports around the Cambie Bridge area

https://bids.vancouver.ca/bidopp/ITT/ITT_PS08037.htm

[Spr0ckets]

Originally Posted by chowhou

If gravity and erosion exist, why have the mountains not over millions of years simply slipped into the sea?

They have.
Several times over the hundreds of millions of years in the Earth's history.

Only, they've risen again in different places and different forms after that over and over on different continental formations.

Continental drift and Tectonic shifts.


(*Yes, I realize you were probably being sarcastic given the person you were responding to)

[jollyburger]

Just noticed on the VCC construction page for the project it says the building will use pipe piling on the project. It says it would have happened from June-July 2024..

https://www.vcc.ca/about/college-informa...-and-automotive-innovation/construction/

[jollyburger]

This was posted over in the Great Northern Way thread but here's the latest renderings/massing







https://www.urbanstrategies.com/project/...ollege-broadway-campus-development-plan/

[gaviscon]

GNW becoming a very interesting neighbourhood

[Lexus]

DJI_0800 by Lexus LX 700, on Flickr

[Alex Mackinnon]

Originally Posted by Spr0ckets

They have.
Several times over the hundreds of millions of years in the Earth's history.

Only, they've risen again in different places and different forms after that over and over on different continental formations.

Continental drift and Tectonic shifts.


(*Yes, I realize you were probably being sarcastic given the person you were responding to)

Actually the more accurate answer here is that most tall mountains are being uplifted as fast as they erode.

The interesting one is that rivers can erode faster than most uplift happens, so rivers generally don't coarse to readily.

[Zepfancouver]

From the What Is The Weather Today II (No Mercury Jockeying) July 21, 2026

Originally Posted by Architype

Yes, I also noticed some unmistakable but mild forest fire smoke odor today.

In Vancouver, sunny, warm and hazy today, with a high around 26°C at YVR, 29°C in the city.


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