The_Cat
Senior Member
I wonder how much attitudes have changed among some people. Ship a problem elsewhere. If we close drug treatment centres there will be no drugs.
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SarcasticMarmot
Active Member
Dropped by Padmanadi today (so good, as always). The new Boyle is looking very good, clearly designed to focus entry in the south and east sides of the building, and the upper balcony will allow outside (aka, smoking) access for patrons without them having to be on the street. Very interested in how the community flow will work out when completed. Will be good to have at least one day use space in the core again.
Gronk!
Senior Member
husky
Active Member
Anyone know if they've used some sort of disorder proof glass in the curtain walls? It looks great but I can't help but be skeptical that it will be boarded up in short order.
degrandprix
Active Member
One of them is already broken.. (pic 4)
ADob
Active Member
It's so hard not to be skeptical about how this place is going to look within a month or two of opening. I swear, living downtown has robbed me of both empathy and optimism.
archited
Senior Member
^ I think downtown is improving at a pretty steady pace... there is a lot to look forward to. Granted more has to be done in the realm of social services and drug-use amelioration -- there is a lot of experimentation going on -- homelessness is a problem that absolutely must be solved.
northlands
Senior Member
Downtown has been improving, agreed.
Chinatown is as bad as I've ever seen it, particularly east of 101st. Now that the weather has been getting cold and some folks are opting to use the shelters instead of their encampments, it's shocking to see the numbers. Last weekend drove by in the late evening and there was a whole crowd filling up the street in front of the Hope Mission. This centre is so badly needed and hopefully it's open soon for winter.
David A
Senior Member
Yes, some areas of downtown at certain times of the day are improving a lot. You generally don't see as many homeless people during the day in the CBD, but as it has gotten colder recently I have noticed a few more.
Hopefully the new space will be done soon and will help. It is not only very negative for downtown, particularly Chinatown, to have so many people out wandering around, but it is also inhumane for them especially when it is colder.
Airboy
Senior Member
Talking with one service that I do volunteer work with and they indicated their numbers were down a bit. The dinner service we did 2 weeks ago however had more people. Normally from about 90-120 this time was 138.
SarcasticMarmot
Active Member
There is now a soft opening date (Nov 12), open house date (Dec 16th), and a new community designed name and logo:
www.ctvnews.ca
Boyle Street announces new logo to accompany new facility
Boyle Street Community Services has unveiled the logo for its new headquarters ahead of its opening next month.
www.ctvnews.ca
Airboy
Senior Member
The Thunderbird Centre is now open. Drove by this morning and It look really good.
SarcasticMarmot
Active Member
Went to the okimaw peyesew kamik (King Thunderbird Centre) open house today. Very impressed with the facility, its clearly much better built to purpose than the old banana warehouse. I took some pictures but took fewer inside than I intended as there were alot of community members around and I didn't want to be disrespectful.
The building has had deep Indigenous input: from the design, the open lighting style and outdoor access, focus on ceremony and healing spaces, and decorations throughout. Its clear alot of thought went into the building. 75% of Boyle Street community members are Indigenous so that makes sense. There is a main atrium in the middle that is open to the ceiling and then spaces around the sides ("Dens" as they call them) for people to gather and receive supports. It really felt welcoming.
The main entrance is on the east side in the small park with a long walkway to the main doors, exit is on the north side into the private parking lot shared with the housing facility. Definitely designed to give the community space to gather without being on public land/sidewalks and as far away from neighboring businesses as possible. The space has actually been open to community since November 11th which gives you a sense of how much less gathering outside the building is happening.
The building has had deep Indigenous input: from the design, the open lighting style and outdoor access, focus on ceremony and healing spaces, and decorations throughout. Its clear alot of thought went into the building. 75% of Boyle Street community members are Indigenous so that makes sense. There is a main atrium in the middle that is open to the ceiling and then spaces around the sides ("Dens" as they call them) for people to gather and receive supports. It really felt welcoming.
The main entrance is on the east side in the small park with a long walkway to the main doors, exit is on the north side into the private parking lot shared with the housing facility. Definitely designed to give the community space to gather without being on public land/sidewalks and as far away from neighboring businesses as possible. The space has actually been open to community since November 11th which gives you a sense of how much less gathering outside the building is happening.
ChazYEG
Senior Member
I like the building, and it's definitely gonna be a game changer, but couldn't we have made something less grey?
thefreezebreeze
New Member
some art would look great on it