Comments on: Ecce Vancouver

By: LB

LB — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 07:09:35 +0000

An old boyfriend of mine worked on condos during as a summer job while we were at art school. He was a perfectionist and the stuff that went down on work sites drove him crazy. I heard all the horror stories about the shoddy workmanship, the various forms that hostility to the eventual buyers took (workers deliberately walling half-eaten Macdonald’s lunches into the walls, painting “FUCK YOU” on the drywall and then painting over it). The cutting of corners, the stoned carpenters, the mayhem. I’d be nervous about buying one.

By: krista

krista — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 07:04:59 +0000

don’t forget this one too.. http://twitpic.com/9fc5tg. it’s pretty clear which demographic marketing firms are giving all their attention to. and i’m pretty sure it’s the same demographic coming up with these “funny” adverts.

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 06:47:42 +0000

Aren’t they all terrible to some degree? It just depends on how much particle board you’re willing to put up with.

By: LB

LB — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 06:21:56 +0000

A realtor I know said of the developer, when I mentioned the monstrosity proposed for the Ridge site: “Cressey — they’re terrible.” This person knows Vancouver well. Buyers beware.

By: LB

LB — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 06:20:56 +0000

@Foster Grant: Lord. Hard to tell what’s at the very bottom of the barrel they’re scraping: their humour or their architecture. Or their vision for the city.

By: Foster Grant

Foster Grant — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 05:04:40 +0000

How about this one? http://instagram.com/p/SEGFXJDy3f/

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 04:41:10 +0000

They’re destroying the theatre but keeping its sign? That’s just bullshit…