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3 hours ago, Brad Marchand said:

You know the "big one" is coming, it is a sure thing, it is just a matter of when. Also, you do know why it is called "False Creek" right? It is/was essentially a bog, quick sand, so it "liquifies" in a big one. It was filled with rubble, not compacted sand and pilings.

The big one is expected to be the largest ever now, 9.6, and it is going up each decade. It was supposed to happen about every 100 to 150 years and the last one was around 220 years ago.

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3 hours ago, Jimmy McGill said:

the giant copper coloured one next door 

How did a dark copper ( Casino/Hotel Parq Vancouver ) ever find its way into our skyline, what an eye sore!

I'm sure the new entertainment district will bury the casino from a False Creek Shore view when completed.

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1 hour ago, 6string said:

How did a dark copper ( Casino/Hotel Parq Vancouver ) ever find its way into our skyline, what an eye sore!

I'm sure the new entertainment district will bury the casino from a False Creek Shore view when completed.

The drive into downtown used to look so cool when bc place was visible. Now its ugly as &^@#

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9 hours ago, RonMexico said:

I can only imagine what the cost of one of these condos is going to be. I also wonder how many will be purchased and unoccupied making it just another ghost building.

Is it a ghost building if it's filled with prostitutes and drug dealers?

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7 hours ago, TheGuardian_ said:

You know the "big one" is coming, it is a sure thing, it is just a matter of when. Also, you do know why it is called "False Creek" right? It is/was essentially a bog, quick sand, so it "liquifies" in a big one. It was filled with rubble, not compacted sand and pilings.

The big one is expected to be the largest ever now, 9.6, and it is going up each decade. It was supposed to happen about every 100 to 150 years and the last one was around 220 years ago.

You’re such a positive individual

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8 hours ago, apollo said:

This looks great... our city continues to improve. So does this mean it's a community center and us regular folk can also attend the rink for events? Like public skates, drop in hockey, etc? 

 

It will provide a new 109,000-sq-ft community centre for the neighbourhood, consisting of facilities that include an 11,500-sq-ft childcare centre, 64,000 sq. ft. of community meeting and recreational space, and a 33,000-sq-ft ice rink.

Would be cool if it had a roof top soccer field. Vancouver needs more roof top soccer fields! 

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18 hours ago, TheGuardian_ said:

You know the "big one" is coming, it is a sure thing, it is just a matter of when. Also, you do know why it is called "False Creek" right? It is/was essentially a bog, quick sand, so it "liquifies" in a big one. It was filled with rubble, not compacted sand and pilings.

The big one is expected to be the largest ever now, 9.6, and it is going up each decade. It was supposed to happen about every 100 to 150 years and the last one was around 220 years ago.

British Columbia doesn't have a building code or engineers who can design buildings?   Lots of places in the world get big earthquakes and have built on crap ground using any number of code approved methods.

 

I am pretty sure they won't be able to build anything on this area without meeting very strict codes that will include taking into account the earthquake you are talking about.

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1 hour ago, CeeBee51 said:

I think this is his matches middle name, or last name better.

 

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When I was a kid we practiced going under our desks for two reason's, one was the bomb and the other was the "big one", they taught us what to do in grade one, this city had a population of 375000.

This was promised 30 years ago.

You want real negative, house prices had just sky rocketed and were 66 thousand in east van, 150 grand in Shaunessy and British properties, no that is negative. One thing about the family living here for 4 generations is where all the creeks, dumps and swamps used to be. My Gram's house cost $470.00 in south van, lot size, 69' x 171', we still have it, city assessed at 1.9 mil now, now that is depressing. I rented a 10 acre farm for $90 month at 16th and 200th Langley, in 1986 is was making $12.50 hr. Now that is depressing to compare now. Borrowing money was much, much harder.   

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45 minutes ago, Rob_Zepp said:

British Columbia doesn't have a building code or engineers who can design buildings?   Lots of places in the world get big earthquakes and have built on crap ground using any number of code approved methods.

 

I am pretty sure they won't be able to build anything on this area without meeting very strict codes that will include taking into account the earthquake you are talking about.

Supposed to be the best in the world, supposed to be but ….. who checks? Who in the city is qualified to check building plans? No one, the certification is supplied by the builder. And what they expect here will be unprecedented mostly because we don't experience the middle shakers to see how the codes are standing up. This one is estimated to be eight times stronger as San Frans of 1989, that was 6.9, Richter number double each one, ie; 7 is double 6, so you can see what is expected in Vancouver would be, 6.9 - 7.9 = x2, 7.9 - 8.9 = x2, 8.9 - 9.8 = x2 or close enough it doesn't matter, 2x2x2= 8 times stronger.

Don't know if any structure has survived that level, I would not live in the air surrounded by concrete. I do live on top of a hill a mile from the water in a family home on the ground.

Be prepared as you can be, secure a 5 gallon jug(s) of water, some chlorine bleach and water purifying pills, first aid kits, good ones, an first aid/anatomy book, camping stuff, canned food and can opener, old style radio(s), drugs - painkillers, fever, burns, stuff like that, they say enough to last 3 days but expect longer and having to supply others.  No matter what you have it will not be enough. No help while the after shocks, they will be massive as well. It's coming, 10,000 shakers since May, Vancouver Island moving closer since May indicate pressure pushing the plate, like a bent branch, then it springs back when it slips, believe it or not we were taught about VI "growing" as an indicator of the big one coming.

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3 hours ago, TheGuardian_ said:

Supposed to be the best in the world, supposed to be but ….. who checks? Who in the city is qualified to check building plans? No one, the certification is supplied by the builder.

You don't have professional engineers?   They don't graduate with accreditation and go through rigorous licensing and independent review?   If not, yours would be only jurisdiction I know of in the western world.   The builder has no role at all on the Code or the engineering...he simply builds what he is told to build by the design.

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16 hours ago, kenhodgejr said:

Would be cool if it had a roof top soccer field. Vancouver needs more roof top soccer fields! 

More? Do we even have one? Can you please let me know where it is? I wana play there asap! 

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