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Sold (Bought): Maple Ridge home rich with high-end details From a deck containing Lumon retractable glass panels, a fireplace and outdoor kitchen to extensive use of hand-crafted wood accents including four statement king post roof trusses sculpted from fir and a 12-foot-long whisky bar in the great room
Author of the article: Nicola Way
Publishing date: May 15, 2021 • 1 hour ago • 3 minute read • Located in Maple Ridge, this recently sold home boasts an outdoor fireplace and kitchen. Photo by Supplied /PNG
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They envision enforcing Commercial Drive as a commercial high street with a “stop and shop model.”
This would be supported by street design interventions such as reducing the number of road lanes south of East 1st Avenue from two lanes in each direction to one lane in each direction, but curbside parking spaces would be maintained to support businesses.
The narrowed roadway would allow for expanded sidewalks on both sides of the street.
Other changes to the public realm could potentially include public art and placemaking features, bike racks, Mobi bike share stations, and enhanced east-west bike route connections.
The motion is based on recommendations recently made by the Commercial Drive Business Society (CDBS) on a “pedestrian-first vision,” which includes enhancing crosswalks at all cross-streets, new street furniture and landscaping, and improving east-west bike lanes.
Vienna House, the name of the project, will be a six-storey building with about 100 affordable rental homes, with 30% of the units for moderate incomes, 50% for rent geared to housing income limits, and 20% for deep subsidy income limits. The total floor area will be about 83,000 sq ft.
The site of Vienna House at 2009-2037 Stainsbury Avenue, Vancouver. (Google Maps)
The site of Vienna House at 2009-2037 Stainsbury Avenue, Vancouver. (Google Maps)
The development built to the Passive House green design standard will be a showcase of innovative high-energy performance materials with low greenhouse gas emissions, including prefabricated components made from renewable materials.
A RENFREW woman has told of her “year in Hell” after being terrorised by vandals who have smashed her windows three times. Bernadette Barrie, 61, believes her Victoria Drive East flat is being targeted after she contacted the police to report suspicious activity in the area. She said the harassment suffered over the past year has been bad for her health. Bernadette, who has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), told our sister tiyle
The Gazette: “Since I moved here last year, there has been strange happenings, such as the close door being kept open with a large boulder for four to five hours during the night.