The Ultimate Vancouver Rumour Thread! - Page 80

LeftCoaster · #**1581** Posted **Oct 9, 2018, 8:55 PM**

Ya it was on the Vancouverisawesome blog. Pretty pie in the sky.

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/2018/10/03/stanley-park-tower/

djmk · #**1582** Posted **Oct 9, 2018, 9:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Ya it was on the Vancouverisawesome blog. Pretty pie in the sky.

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/2018/10/03/stanley-park-tower/

lol on so many levels.

As I read that article all I could think of was an old guy shaking his fist at the sky and screaming "bureaucrats!"

Who else would think of nicknaming the city after a crude nickname of the sensitive part of a woman's anatomy? that would be the worst idea ever.

LeftCoaster · #**1583** Posted **Oct 9, 2018, 9:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by jlousa

I'll add a rumour, still in the design stage but we could see a 70-80 storey tower or two at Lougheed Centre but not part of Shapes development...

Not sure if this is the same one LeftCoaster has hinted at.

Can't confirm or deny.

80 storeys is definitely in play in the metro now. Hopefully it makes it to reality.

retro_orange · #**1584** Posted **Oct 9, 2018, 11:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by djmk

lol on so many levels.

As I read that article all I could think of was an old guy shaking his fist at the sky and screaming "bureaucrats!"

Who else would think of nicknaming the city after a crude nickname of the sensitive part of a woman's anatomy? that would be the worst idea ever.

Yeah I chuckled at all the dated concepts in his proposals, especially the name "The Big Oyster". Sounds like a seafood restaurant from the 70's or 80's. Also my summary of his proposal was moreso that he wants his name to be an everlasting icon in Vancouver. He reminds me of Mr Fischoeder from Bob's Burgers.

phesto · #**1585** Posted **Oct 10, 2018, 12:47 AM**

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Originally Posted by Mininari

Bring back the Fringe Tower!
I'd rather see that than a 300M anything in Stanley Park.

Haha! That made me think of Fringe Towers also.

For those who weren't around SSP in 2004, there was a vague proposal by Hynes Developments and Arthur Erickson for an 80-storey tower on a hypothetical site (which it turned out later didn't exist). There was no location or renderings but the rumour created a ton of hype here on SSP at the time and many forumers couldn't stop talking about it despite there being no information.

Klazu · #**1586** Posted **Oct 10, 2018, 12:51 AM**

Those were much more simpler times. Considering how short the tallest towers at the time have been, it is interesting to hear such rumour was even being entertained...

Metro-One · #**1587** Posted **Oct 10, 2018, 1:46 AM**

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Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Can't confirm or deny.

80 storeys is definitely in play in the metro now. Hopefully it makes it to reality.

Hmm, I really hope that you guys are talking about 2 separate projects.

Honestly the idea of our region’s tallest being at Lougheed is more anticlimactic than it being at Brentwood.

Obviously downtown Vancouver would be best (we all know how much that situation sucks though), so after that I would prefer to see our region’s tallest in Metrotown, after that New West, and after that Surrey.

That being said a beggar can’t be a chooser, so obviously I will still be happy to see such a tower built anywhere in our region.

Of course there is the added benefit of there being two taller projects to look forward too if they aren’t the same...

LeftCoaster · #**1588** Posted **Oct 10, 2018, 6:04 PM**

80 storeys would very likely be the tallest in Canada outside of Toronto, so Lougheed would indeed be a strange place for it.

That said it won't be downtown I think we all know that.

scryer · #**1589** Posted **Oct 10, 2018, 8:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

80 storeys would very likely be the tallest in Canada outside of Toronto, so Lougheed would indeed be a strange place for it.

That said it won't be downtown I think we all know that.

I want it to be in Delta or Ladner

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Vancouver_Highrise · #**1590** Posted **Oct 10, 2018, 8:38 PM**

The suspense is killing me... I almost would rather not know this is being planned and shocked when the plans came out.

officedweller · #**1591** Posted **Oct 10, 2018, 8:52 PM**

Hopefully the 80 storey tower also has a prominent site on a main thoroughfare and a nice design.

Tetsuo · #**1592** Posted **Oct 10, 2018, 8:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by scryer

I want it to be in Delta or Ladner

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Pitt Meadows or White Rock

s211 · #**1593** Posted **Oct 10, 2018, 9:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Hopefully the 80 storey tower also has a prominent site on a main thoroughfare and a nice design.

I'm trusting that the 80 storey proposal being bantered about here is different than the 80-storey project put forward in Edmonton.

Prometheus · #**1594** Posted **Oct 10, 2018, 9:15 PM**

It’s a mad world when the most appropriate place for an exceptionally tall and precedent-setting tower is precisely where our city leaders forbid it to be.

LeftCoaster · #**1595** Posted **Oct 11, 2018, 9:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by s211

I'm trusting that the 80 storey proposal being bantered about here is different than the 80-storey project put forward in Edmonton.

Yes, because this one will likely get built...

Vin · #**1596** Posted **Oct 11, 2018, 10:00 PM**

I suggested having an 80-storey tower downtown a few years ago and they called me crazy. Today, having the tallest tower proposed outside Vancouver is actually a good thing because the city would then allow an even taller one downtown for fear or "losing out to the boonies". Competition is sweet.

Vin · #**1597** Posted **Oct 11, 2018, 10:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by Denscity

Did the 300 metre wooden tower in Stanley Park make it on here yet?

They can make that into the world's biggest homeless shelter and smoking joint. Homelessness solved!

VancouverOfTheFuture · #**1598** Posted **Oct 12, 2018, 3:04 AM**

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Originally Posted by Vin

having the tallest tower proposed outside Vancouver is actually a good thing because the city would then allow an even taller one downtown for fear or "losing out to the boonies". Competition is sweet.

don't bet on that. haha.

EastVanMark · #**1599** Posted **Oct 12, 2018, 3:39 AM**

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Originally Posted by Prometheus

It’s a mad world when the most appropriate place for an exceptionally tall and precedent-setting tower is precisely where our city leaders forbid it to be.

Welcome to Vancouver. Home of the weird (and even weirder ideas)

Where to put your tallest building? Downtown where literally every other N American city has them? Heck no. Sleepy suburb? yup, perfect spot for it

When will we stop being weird?

Galaxy · #**1600** Posted **Oct 12, 2018, 4:30 AM**

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Originally Posted by EastVanMark

Welcome to Vancouver. Home of the weird (and even weirder ideas)

Where to put your tallest building? Downtown where literally every other N American city has them? Heck no. Sleepy suburb? yup, perfect spot for it

When will we stop being weird?

If we stopped being weird then we might lose the title of Lotus Land and the media would be up in arms about that. Lol!