False Creek North
After the Expo 1986 world's fair, False Creek North transformed into a gigantic theme park. After Expo 86, the provincial government, which had effectively acquired the land as the underwriter of the world's fair, sold it to Hong Kong Developer Li Ka-shing's company, Concord Pacific.
The Concord Pacific land cover some 67 ha (166 acres) of Waterfront stretching along the north shore of False Creek from Granville Bridge east-ward to Quebec street. This huge area, equivalent to more than 10 city blocks in length, defines the southeastern edge of Vancouver's Downtown peninsula, from Pender street south to BeacAvenue.
Initial concepts for the Concord Pacific played on using the water of False Creek as a major organizing element and conceived of the project as a "Resort in the City", but ultimately a more organic, straightforward extension of the city fabric and street pattern was settled on.
Concord Pacific Place also explored new ideas for high-density, high-rise residential living. Vancouver's well established rule of a 24-m (80 foot) minimum distance between high-rise residential towers was first tested here. In addition, strategies such as staggered tower locations, street wall housing podiums and the use of outdoor podium rooftops for family play space were all explored to achieve a high level of private amenity.
One of the most laudable achievements of Concord Pacific Place, from the public perspective, is the remarkable range and scope of civic amenities that were extracted from the developer through the rezoning process. Some 17 ha (42 acre) of public park space have been created, in addition to semi private open space. A continuous, uninterrupted 10.5-m (35 feet) wide Waterfront walkway/bikeway seamlessly links the parks and street ends, and substantially completes the public waterfront loop around False Creek.
Impressive as these features are, perhaps the most remarkable aspect of Concord Pacific Place is what is has done to reinvigorate Downtown Vancouver as a compact, vibrant, mixed use community. 15,000 residents live here, combined with many more thousand moving to the Downtown peninsula, is responsible for Vancouver's becoming a North American model for inner-city revitalization. The city "Living First" Philosophy is working: more Vancouverites living in Condos are walking, cycling or using public transit.
1000 Beach - 1000 Beach Ave
1501 Howe St. - 1501 Howe Street
888 Beach - 1500 Hornby Street
Aqua at the Park - 550 Pacific Street
Aquarius one - 1199 Marinaside Crescent
Aquarius three - 189 Davie Street
Aquarius Villas - 1111 Marinaside Crescent
Azura one - 1438 Richards Street
Azura two - 1495 Richards Street
Columbus - 1383 Marinaside Crescent
Concordia one - 199 Drake Street
Concordia two - 139 Drake Street
Cooper's Lookout - 33 Smithe Street
Cooper's Pointe - 980 Cooperage Way
Crestmark one - 1288 Marinaside Crescent
Crestmark two - 1228 Marinaside Crescent
Discovery - 1500 Howe Street
Icon one - 638 Beach Crescent
King's Landing West - 428 Beach Crescent
Marinaside Resort - 1099 Marinaside Crescent
Marinaside Resort - 1077 Marinaside Crescent
Mariner - 918 Cooperage Way
Park West one - 455 Beach Crescent
Park West two - 583 Beach Crescent
Peninsula - 1201 Marinaside Crescent
Pomaria - 1455 Howe Street
QuayWest Resort one - 1033 Marinaside Crescent
QuayWest Resort two - 1067 Marinaside Crescent
Waterford - 1483 Homer Street
