Vancouver [Archive] - SkyscraperCity

Fabian

July 28th, 2004, 10:51 PM

Located in British Columbia, Canada. Vancouver is home to 2 million people.
For a city this size, it has a huge and dense skyline thanks to highrise residential development, that has followed the lines of that in Hong Kong. The mountains provide an idilic backdrop for the skyline

http://www.trans-canada-touristik.de/images/winter/250_vancouver_2.jpg

http://rmmla.wsu.edu/images/Vancouver/Skyline.jpg

http://pro.corbis.com/images/MX004802.jpg?size=67&uid={b946868d-81e7-4f4e-86cd-9b835f99cbf4}

http://www.jimtardio.com/vancouver/vancouver-coal-harbor-skyline-big.jpg

http://www.jimtardio.com/vancouver/vancouver-buildings-umbrellas-big.jpg

http://www.jimtardio.com/vancouver/vancouver-granville-marina-big.jpg

The natural splendor of this city, which can be found just miles away from the heart of this metropolis. Very idilic for those wanting to experience nature without having to escape too far from the city.

http://cecily.info/albums/VancouverViews/horseshoe_bay2.sized.jpg

http://cecily.info/albums/VancouverViews/siwash.sized.jpg

http://www.jimtardio.com/vancouver/vancouver-coal-harbor-rainbow-big.jpg

flyin_higher

July 29th, 2004, 02:58 AM

It is quite a nice city- I have family there, and they say its a great place to live. Although the tallest scraper isn't that tall, the density sure do make up for the lack of great height.

MILIUX

July 29th, 2004, 01:48 PM

Anyone here favour their residential density planning?

flyin_higher

July 30th, 2004, 01:02 AM

yes- makes for an excellent public transport system too

finn

July 31st, 2004, 03:07 AM

I just got back to Sydney from Vancouver about 3 hours ago (following 18 hours in transit) and it is indeed a beautiful city! I was in Vancouver on three occasions over the last month (kind of my base for trips to Rocky Mountains, Edmonton, Calgary, Chicago, Portland and Seattle) and thought it seemed like the ideal utopian urban enviroment...if not a little too pleasant, if you like a city to have a bit of attitude.

Despite the plethora of condo towers, I was amazed at the incredible lack of office towers in the overall scheme of things - in fact a couple of the biggest office towers were out in suburban centres, like the twin towers of Metropolis at Metrotown, out along the Skytrain.

The city is finally set for a decent height tower with the development of "Living Shang-ri La", which is a soaring, slender, triangular tower of 196m being advertised on a large run-down site in the centre of town (across the street from a Tim Horton's where I often sat and ate some breakfast). Will look superb!

http://www.livingshangri-la.com/shangriLaFlash.html

CanadianCentaur

August 18th, 2004, 05:33 AM

I got back from Vancouver about a week ago - and I miss that place already!

CULWULLA

August 18th, 2004, 06:23 AM

Vancouver is home to 504 skyscrapers, thats more then Melbourne!
but the tallest is only 150m (One Wall Centre) and tallest Uc is 149m (Shaw Tower).
they actually have 29 scrapers UC.
The 196m/60storey Living Shangra la will be awesome! it has top 20 levels as apartments! a -120 room hotel takes up first 15 levels.
pic of model>

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/vancouvershag.jpg

CanadianCentaur

August 19th, 2004, 04:41 AM

FYI, Living Shangri-la was already approved by Vancouver City Council last month. As condos in Shangri-la are already being marketed, construction on that tower could start as early as January 2005.

benji45

September 19th, 2004, 10:41 AM

I wish people would stop showing pics of the mountains and the skyline. Start showing some of the street life, the suburbs, tours around the city. Im seeing the same old pics over and over.

benji45

September 19th, 2004, 10:42 AM

I would go out and do it myslef but I dont know how to post pics and im usually out all week doing stuff so i couldnt really fit any time in.

tayser

September 19th, 2004, 01:56 PM

^^ lol. It doesn't help when you have Sydney-sidders who primarily only care about the vistas (judging by the severe lack of 'urban' Sydney pics on here, mind you) and pretty much nothing else.

some of Kilgore Trout / Chris De Wolf's VCR pics:

http://www.urbanphoto.net/temp/vancouver/02/DSCF2007.JPG

http://www.urbanphoto.net/temp/vancouver/02/DSCF2038.JPG

http://www.urbanphoto.net/temp/vancouver/02/DSCF2087.JPG

http://www.urbanphoto.net/temp/vancouver/02/DSCF2099.JPG

http://www.urbanphoto.net/temp/vancouver/02/DSCF2139.JPG

http://www.urbanphoto.net/temp/vancouver/02/DSCF2145.JPG

http://www.urbanphoto.net/temp/vancouver/04/DSCF2735.JPG

http://www.urbanphoto.net/temp/vancouver/04/DSCF2806.JPG

http://www.urbanphoto.net/temp/vancouver/04/DSCF2854.JPG

http://www.urbanphoto.net/temp/vancouver/04/DSCF2873.JPG

http://www.urbanphoto.net/temp/vancouver/05/DSCF2913.JPG

http://www.urbanphoto.net/temp/vancouver/05/DSCF2931.JPG

http://www.urbanphoto.net/temp/vancouver/05/DSCF2935.JPG

http://www.urbanphoto.net/temp/vancouver/05/DSCF2990.JPG

http://www.urbanphoto.net/temp/vancouver/05/DSCF3021.JPG

kasperluke

September 19th, 2004, 04:14 PM

I would love to live there! Equal most livable city in the world!

GMAC

September 20th, 2004, 02:35 AM

Vancouver has always been one of my favourite most beautiful cities in the world and from what I have heard from friends over there it really is a great place to live.

coldrsx

September 21st, 2004, 05:41 PM

i love vancouver as it is my second home....but after being in other major worly cities such as Montreal, Toronto, Paris, Vienna, Dublin etc.....i find it quite poor in originality. I keep having this feeling that it is "buying style" rather than creating it like montreal does. Not that it is a bad thing i suppose, but i find much in vancouver "fake".

Blend

September 21st, 2004, 05:51 PM

id feel quite at home there... judging by those pictures Tayser posted. They wouldnt look at all out of place here in aus!

that Shangri-La hotel thing is awesome btw!

zuhahmed

September 21st, 2004, 11:39 PM

actually one correction here, the popultion of the city is only 1 million, the total metro area has a population of 2 million

giallo

September 22nd, 2004, 08:41 AM

^ that's incorrect

The population of Vancouver is 578,000 with over 2,000,000 in the metro.

Coldrsx, I'm interested in what you consider 'buying style'. As far as I've seen, Vancouver's architects have created a building style unique to Vancouver (it has since been copied in other NA cities, so I guess you could argue it's no longer unique). Could you expand a little more?

KGB

September 22nd, 2004, 12:08 PM

Randwicked

September 22nd, 2004, 12:43 PM

big W

September 22nd, 2004, 09:41 PM

I think I understand what he means.

Vancouver is very new, and everything seems to be very trendy. If cities were Yuppies...then Van would be it.

They also consider themselves to be "laid-back". But they seem to be a bit too pre-occupied with being trendy...and trying to convince themselves and everybody else how much better it is than Toronto (but hey...doesn't everybody do that LOL ) to actually be laid-back.

An actual laid-back city in Canada would be more like Charlottetown..now that's laid back.

KGB

I would woud look just at the major cities, bit 6 cities anyways, I think Edmonton is the most laid back. People truely dont care, and there are not trying hard to project an image. Its a take it as it is attitude. Montreal is the same but is more cosmopolitan thus people do try to project this image.

big W

September 22nd, 2004, 09:41 PM

I think I understand what he means.

Vancouver is very new, and everything seems to be very trendy. If cities were Yuppies...then Van would be it.

They also consider themselves to be "laid-back". But they seem to be a bit too pre-occupied with being trendy...and trying to convince themselves and everybody else how much better it is than Toronto (but hey...doesn't everybody do that LOL ) to actually be laid-back.

An actual laid-back city in Canada would be more like Charlottetown..now that's laid back.

KGB

I would woud look just at the major cities, big 6 cities anyways, I think Edmonton is the most laid back. People truely dont care, and there are not trying hard to project an image. Its a take it as it is attitude. Montreal is the same but is more cosmopolitan thus people do try to project this image.

KGB

September 23rd, 2004, 02:37 AM

Edmonton?? hmmm...I don't really know. Montreal is definetely not laid back...far too edgy place.

I still say the Maritimes are the most laid back part of the country...maybe even the ONLY laid back part of the country.

KGB

zuhahmed

September 23rd, 2004, 05:44 AM

what only 578,000? thats smaller then Mississauga

benji45

September 23rd, 2004, 07:58 AM

coldrsx

September 23rd, 2004, 04:44 PM

what only 578,000? thats smaller then Mississauga

in an area about 1/3 the size

CanadianCentaur

September 26th, 2004, 09:33 PM

I agree, theyre too busy having kitchen parties and drinking screech ;)

And swilling Alex Keith's or Moosehead, take your pick. :D

I would woud look just at the major cities, big 6 cities anyways, I think Edmonton is the most laid back. People truely dont care, and there are not trying hard to project an image. Its a take it as it is attitude. Montreal is the same but is more cosmopolitan thus people do try to project this image.

As for Edmonton, that's slowly changing. And it's not the most laid back city I've seen in Canada, although I know it's certainly quite laid back and unpretentious compared to Vancouver and Calgary.

Try Winnipeg, Regina or even Halifax. These are even more laid back than Edmonton. And believe me, I've been to these three within the last few years. And oh yeah, I've also been to Moncton, NB and Charlottetown, PEI. However, Charlottetown is pretty small - only ~32,000 within city limits and 58,000 in metro. These are also quite laid back in attitude, too.

vid

September 26th, 2004, 10:59 PM

what only 578,000? thats smaller then Mississauga

That's the population of Vancouver itslef, the metro is around 2 million now, and about 2.5-2.7 million in the entire southwestern BC region.

benji45

September 27th, 2004, 04:51 AM

Well notr eaxactly if u count Van Isle. So it would be around 3 mil.

CanadianCentaur

September 27th, 2004, 07:27 AM

Well notr eaxactly if u count Van Isle. So it would be around 3 mil.

benji45, I think vid's talking about the Lower Mainland all the way to Hope and north to Whister.

And no, that does not include the Island.

benji45

September 28th, 2004, 03:59 AM

No, but the southwestern portion of the province includes the island.

Orfeo

September 28th, 2004, 09:49 AM

^^^
Why would you include Vancouver Island? I don't think the Island is any closer than 30 miles from Vanouver city and the closest major island settelment to Vancouver is Nanaimo is 44mi away by boat. That isn't too close.

The number of comuting people from Van. Island to Vancouver would not be large enough to include them in Vancouvers metro.

CanadianCentaur

September 28th, 2004, 06:32 PM

/\ Exactly.

benji45

September 29th, 2004, 01:29 AM

Uhh... Im talking about the southwest side of the province, you're talking about the lower mainland. The Lower Mainland includes Hope, Whistler, Squamish, Chilliwack, princeton, and the Valley towns. The Lower Mainland has about 2.4 million, the southwest protion (which includes Van Isle) has about 3.2 million. The rest of BC has about 1.1 million which equals 4.3 million. The south west Includes: Vancouver, Victoria, Whister, Sunshine Coast, Van Isle. The Interior includes: Kamloops, Kelowna, Merrit, Vernon. and many more regions...

Orfeo

September 29th, 2004, 02:29 AM

^^
So let me get this straight: both the lower mainland and southwest province include Vancouver, because there is no way that Hope, Whistler etc can add up to 2.4 million people and Vancourver Island alone would not add up to 3.2 million. What a compicated system....

That really doesn't change much anyway, because your definition of what is Vancouver does not make sense. Areas such as Vancouver Island should not be considered part of the Vancouver metro. I really can't understand why you think that you could include it. Victoria is its own city, and from what I can tell has limited connections with Vancouver. Even places such as Chilliwack, Hope and Whister I would consider not adding to the metro population because they are all arround 100km away from downtown Vancouver. However, it is possible that people would commute the 1-2 hours to Van.

If you are to include such locations then what is to stop overzealous Brisbaners including the Gold Coast and Sunshine coast (as well as the communities in between) to the Brisbane metro total? :)

benji45

September 29th, 2004, 03:51 AM

Its not. Van Isle is not considered Van Metro! Vanouver metro has 2.1 mil ppl. Lower mainland (Including Van Metro) Has 2.4 mill (around there but vancouver is in the lower mainland) Van isle is not part of the lower mainland, but it is part of the south west. So, the lower mainland has 2.4 mil ppl, then, you add the south west which includes the lower mainland (2.4mil) but u add Van Isle (around 800,000) Get it? The South west and the lower mainland are the same except Van Isle is in the south west no tthe lower mainland.

Orfeo

September 29th, 2004, 06:56 AM

^^
I got it originally: One is within another. What I didn't get (and still don't) is why extend the area. It was said that there is 2.1 million in the metro. Okay fine. Then the population in the Vancouver region was brought up. This number only included mainland areas. But you decided that it should include more area. Why? Van. Island is big enought on it's own ( about 450km?) that I can't see why it should be included within an area that would include Vancouver. It would be the equivalent of my saying instead of South-East Qld, Southern Qld should be the number of the Brisbane region.

I get what you're saying about the total population of South-West BC, but I don't think such a vast area has much to do with Vancouver, which is after all the subject of this thread.

benji45

September 30th, 2004, 03:06 AM

Well, In NY, a lot of places should not be included in the Metro area, but they are. But, The Greater Vancouver is in The Lower Mainland, but the Lower mainland is a region on its own. So it isnt just including Vancouver. The Lower mainland isnt all of Vans metro, just the Great Vancouver area are...

Orfeo

September 30th, 2004, 08:29 AM

^
I take it you almost double typed 'area' in the last sentence? I fully understand the term region, and that Vancouver is just part of The Lower Mainland. Saying just because NY does something, you should doesn't work for me. (NY is a very different situation anyway).

Anyway, what my point was is that Vancouver (and its metro) is part of a region. That region may no have much to do with Vancouver in day-to-day, but they are connected in a sense because you could call Vancouver the major settlement of the region. When you include Van Island, I think you're extending the area too much by including areas which are not connect to Vancouver at all.

To summarise in a single sentence: Though Vancouver is in SW BC, which contains a population of over 3 million, I think that the population in the region surrounding Vancouver should not include that of Vancouver Island, thus lowering it to 2.5 to 2.7 million people.

If you do not agree that is fine.

benji45

October 1st, 2004, 01:35 AM

But Vancouver is not all of SW BC. I would show u a map If i could post pics, but i cant so... Ok BC is the same shape as California. San Diego is Vancouver, And just off the coast is Van Isle. It is still considered Southern California, Because Southerrn California is a region including The "Island" So SW BC is a region including Van Isle. Its a Region Like Southern Ontario or Say Southern Australia, if Souther Australia had an island on it, it would still be included in the region, Van Isle has nothing to do with Vancouver at all, not in the metro area.

Orfeo

October 1st, 2004, 02:00 AM

^
You don't understand what I'm saying. :) I'm not saying that Van Island isn't part of SW BC.

I'll try to summarise again, even simpler, but this is the last time: I say for this situation the region that Vancouver is part of is the Lower Mainland, not SW BC. Easy. I have a map....and that is why I'm saying the you shouldn't include Van Island in the Vancouver region.

As I've said before, we're talking about the population in the Vancouver region, not the population in SW BC.

benji45

October 1st, 2004, 03:46 AM

Vancouver is Part of LOWER MAINLAND. Vancouver Island is part of SOUTH WEST BC. not the LOWER MAINLAND. The SW region includes all of the south western porttion of the province. Not just the mainland, the islands too.

Orfeo

October 1st, 2004, 04:03 AM

^
Really? News to me....

If nothing else, you can't interpret double negatives.... saying that something is not not part of something, means that it is.

We may both be speaking english, but you have no idea what i'm saying. Here are a few examples -

1) I type "Vancouver is part of (is) the lower mainland" and you first line is "Vancouver is part of the LOWER MAINLAND". Yes, I needed to be told that. Again.

2)You say "Vancouver Island is part of SOUTH WEST BC. not the LOWER MAINLAND". When have I ever said that is isn't? I agree, but that isn't what I'm argueing about....

I would recommened re-reading my last 4/5 post and look for what i'm talking about, then look at your last few post and look at what you're talking about. You'll find that, though they might contain many words in common, they are not the same thing.

benji45

October 1st, 2004, 04:14 AM

Ok Orfeo, you're saying that Iam adding Vancouver Island into Vancouvers Metro?? Is that right? Well if it is im not because theyre not in the same region. Enough? Lol Im confusing myself, truce:D

Orfeo

October 1st, 2004, 04:46 AM

No, I know you're not adding Van Island to the Vancouver cities metro.

Truce :cheers1:

benji45

October 2nd, 2004, 07:13 AM

No, I know you're not adding Van Island to the Vancouver cities metro.

Truce :cheers1:
:cheers:

VAN-TO

March 19th, 2005, 05:27 AM

I'm quite suprised there's a Vancouver thread in here. My cousins from down under(Sydney & Brisbane) who made the trek to Canada was also most impressed with Vancouver.

On the other hand, my friends from Melbourne tend to like Montreal more. ~

Texcoco

March 19th, 2005, 05:43 AM

Mmmm...my buddy worked there for a while... when he moved over they said "oh decided to move to the big city?" Being form Melbourne he had to explain that he was "from" the big city. I went to see him and was suprised at the number of condos downtown but even more surpised by the beggars everywhere (even in the bars), the absence of any local corporate towers (does BC Hydro count?) and the uptight attitude of the locals - they all looked like Jerry Lewis...even the men!

tayser

March 19th, 2005, 06:15 AM

Vancouver will be an interesting place in the next few weeks, three sci-fi productions will be underway (BSG S2, SGA S2 and SG1 S9) ;)

[/scifi nerd] :D

VAN-TO

March 19th, 2005, 06:18 AM

local corporate towers (does BC Hydro count?) and the uptight attitude of the locals - they all looked like Jerry Lewis...even the men!

That's definitely a problem, don't know if they'll ever get built. All the developers have already snatched up most of the land to build condos. Hopefully, they'll eventually gentrify the Eastside & build commercial buildings there.

Uptight, really?

Drunkill

March 19th, 2005, 06:21 AM

Yes tays, i'd like to be in the film industry there now =D

tayser

March 19th, 2005, 06:50 AM

yah, Caprica City, err I mean Vancouver, scrubs up v nicely ;)

http://img47.exs.cx/img47/4977/bscap0003du.jpg

CanadianCentaur

March 19th, 2005, 10:06 AM

^ Jeez! That's the main public library in Vancouver!

tayser

March 19th, 2005, 10:48 AM

anyhow, time for VanSpam.

http://www.globalairphotos.com/images/bc/vancouver/2004/vch2004_461.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/529/250711580506_dsc03678.jpg

Yes, the Library is Vantastic.

http://www.pbase.com/sphynx/image/32245048/original.jpg

I want to stay in every one of these across Canada:

http://www.pbase.com/alon/image/17767841/large.jpg

must get very Victorian / Tasmanian weather up there :lol:

http://www.pbase.com/ctfchallenge/image/28172985/original.jpg

VAN-TO

March 19th, 2005, 11:48 PM

More Van spam:

VancouverScenes (Flash site): http://www.vancouverscenes.com/

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http://img220.exs.cx/img220/8568/vancouver10282tz.jpg

http://www.vancouverlookout.com/gallery/tower/VancouverSkyline_lo.jpg

http://www.vancouverlookout.com/gallery/tower/VancouverSkylineNight_lo.jpg

http://www.vancouverlookout.com/gallery/tower/VancouverInFog_lo.jpg

http://www.seestanleypark.com/dtoverview/aerial/lgdtovair3.JPG

http://img128.exs.cx/img128/3609/RL1.jpg

http://www.seevancouverbc.com/story/story2/x034-10.JPG

http://www.theyeatfish.ch/pictures/images/Canada/Capilano%20Bridge%20Vancouver%202.jpg

http://www.sfu.ca/chemistry/faculty/Williams/Vancouver/mountain%20mist.jpg

http://www.pez.ca/~mashton/images/Panorama/Mount%20Seymour.jpg

http://www.armybarmy.com/images/614%20pics/Vancouver%20skyline%20from%20White%20Rock.JPG

http://p.vtourist.com/1588836.jpg

DrJoe

March 20th, 2005, 04:43 AM

What a hopelessly ugly city :)

http://www.vancouverlookout.com/gallery/tower/VancouverSkyline_lo.jpg

VAN-TO

March 20th, 2005, 07:31 AM

More Van Spam - University of British Columbia - Kits:

http://ku.housing.ubc.ca/images/ubc/ubc_vst.jpg

http://www.cisc-icca.ca/gallery_images/koerner_library/walter2364.jpg

http://ku.housing.ubc.ca/images/ubc/ubc_aerial.jpg

http://ku.housing.ubc.ca/images/ubc/ubc_kplaza2.jpg

http://www.ece.ubc.ca/~yuzhou/photo/spring9.jpg

http://www.ece.ubc.ca/~yuzhou/photo/spring15.jpg

http://db.uwaterloo.ca/~bbyao/photos/Vancouver20020618/UBC1.jpg

http://ladoga.mine.nu/photos/canada/the-first/f1000003.jpg

http://ladoga.mine.nu/photos/canada/the-first/f1010005.jpg

http://www.triumf.ca/vancouver_images/vanprofiles/van10a.JPG