Recent content by John Wick

The building looks great! Although unfortunate to lose all those trees. Now we await the redesign of Olympic Plaza which brings lots of questions. Assuming that space in the NW corner is loading space then the Parks work area is lost. Much of that will be underground in the new Plaza with only a...

Is there any desire from the City to improve the walkability of 10th Str? Feels like any substantive improvements would necessitate removal of driving lanes.

The designers for the new public washrooms in the East Village should take a look at Thompson Family Park in the Beltline. It's just dry dirt crumbling down an artificial hill. It might look like a nice healthy, stable green slope in a rendering but in reality.... nope

Speaking of Eau Claire, what's the status of the GWL 7-tower project on those two parking lot blocks?

My understanding is that it's to be a total overhaul. Which includes the large pines to be taken out. Safety/visibility is a huge part of that. A lot of the nooks & crannies and levels/steps in the current plaza just create blind spots for illicit activity. I believe that there still will be a...

Has there been any news about the Olympic Plaza redesign? My understanding was that the new design was to be revealed this winter and the teardown of the current plaza to begin in spring. But I haven't heard a peep about it.

Walked by this one today. Plenty of activity, cement mixer on site, and digging of piles has begun.

Some folks are going to have a great view of the landfill from these apartments.

Crane going today as we speak.

There is concrete poured around the crane base now. Although excavation still isn’t complete. Any idea when the crane might be coming in?

Would this revised (now residential) project still have the +15 connecting it to the CBD? I don’t think any other residential towers connect.

It looks as though the vacant lot just west of the Avatamsaka Monastery has some activity. Are they adding surface parking or landscaping it? Anything would be better than it is now

A Cactus Club is great. I’d personally prefer an Earl’s. Either way it’ll be consistently active. Better than an interesting independent rest which struggles to generate clientele, is shuttered in six months, etc. Any word on the rest of the retail/rest/office space?

Where is this going? The only cleared site across from SAIT is the one next to Carl’s Jr, no? I’m having trouble placing this.

It is a bit curious that it’s literally two doors down from a liquor store. But the idea that this will increase public drunkenness is silly.