Triangle West

Triangle West is bounded by Coal Harbour, the West End, downtown Vancouver to the west and south, and downtown to the East. It has developed as an area of mixed use.

The Central Area Plan identifies Triangle West as a "choice of use" area, where new development can be entirely office, entirely residential, hotel or a combination. Relatively few development sites will remain once projects currently under construction, or in the approvals process, are complete.

It's definitely not Bayshore Gardens, and it's not quite Coal Harbour (although that doesn't stop realtors from saying it is), so what exactly is the Triangle West neighbourhood?

Well, according to planning guidelines from the City of Vancouver, Triangle West is roughly located to the west of Bute street, to the north of Alberni, and to the south of West Hastings. A sort of northerly hypotenuse stretches from Cardero street up to West Cordova, forming a border along the Coal Harbour lands.

When the City planning department considered the area in 1990, it decided to take an incremental approach to new development, rather than designing the area with a master plan. It did, however, seek to encourage the creation of a commercial 'high street' along Bute between Melville and West Cordova, which would provide shops and services to local residents.

Among the new buildings that are currently going up in and around this neighbourhood are the Melville, the Ritz, the Cielo, the Flatiron, and the Sapphire. In addition to these five, there's also a proposed two-building development for 1409 West Pender, which is currently going through the approval process.

http://www.pacificmetropolis.com/2006/11/what_the_hell_i.html


溫哥華市現代國際商業區 建築歷史解說步行
集合：溫哥華市Coal Harbour Community Centre (480 Broughton St最北端與Hastings St交叉口)櫃台。
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溫哥華市區(Downtown)的海洋大樓建成於1930年，有古色古香的藝術銅門和海洋生物的裝飾。在1955年以前一直是溫哥華的最高建築大樓。海軍中校霍布玆，認為溫哥華港有潛能成為一個主要的加拿大西海岸港口，從歐 洲前往東方的一條海路。溫哥華市將需要一棟靠海的辦公室，接近移民部大樓、海關大樓、加拿大太平洋輪船和加拿大國家輪船的終點站。

霍布玆夢想建造一座摩天大廈，將溫哥華市放在國際海運地圖上。它從海中升起，掛滿海洋植物和動物，在海 綠色裡金光閃爍。這將是一棟藝術裝飾派建築的世界傑作。他展望27米長的大廳堂是壯麗的聚集，有如一座瑪雅人用財寶裝滿時的洞穴寺廟。建築師設計一系列巨大的海洋動物︰蝸牛、鰩魚、螃蟹、海龜、鯉魚、海扇和 馬海，游泳和越上那些牆壁以及擦亮的黃銅門。即使在大堂鐘上的數目也以海洋動物來代表。


溫哥華的市中心區西北區的海邊地帶，還有不少海邊景觀的現代國際商業區建築；包括伸出海港的加拿大廣場、以及海洋大樓。從加拿大廣場到史丹利公園的海濱區域，是領略北岸風光和煤港(Coal Harbour)海灣風景的絕 佳去處。所經之處是溫哥華市最昂貴的高層公寓區，休閑空間設計精美。該區域四季白鷗飛翔，目前正是公共藝術展覽期間，更是美不勝收。

我們將藉由該社區消失的電車軌道、歷史背景、傳奇人物、古蹟建築、公共藝術、人口結構、機構組織、或文化節慶，述說溫哥華市百年來的都市發展、社會變遷，以及精彩的多元文化。