Anvil

Striking

Striped Light

Passing

Up and Over

Pedestrian bridge linking the two sides of the newly named Shops at New West Station which are separated by the SkyTrain line.

Reaching

Gated

View of the entrance to the westbound platform of the SkyTrain at New Westminster Station. I'm not a fan of the way the new fare gates are going to make flow of people into and out of stations less efficient. Outlying stations could be ok, but many of the downtown stations may not. Fortunately, we don't have the masses of people using them like some cities so it shouldn't be too bad, though in the future...

Up, up and away

Portaloo  has a whole new meaning.

Keyhole

There's a new pedestrian bridge across the SkyTrain tracks at Plaza 88. Makes for an intriguing view.

T

While the blue sign slightly jazzes up the solid 30-story wall of grey, the new TransLink signage design leaves me cold (perhaps because stations are a mishmash of the old and new styles).

Leap!

With this picture, New Westminster Daily Photo will be on hiatus for a couple of weeks until the craziness with work settles down and I can spend some quality time photographing this great city.

Trio

Here, too. Gracious.

Sentries

But, wait! There's even more!

Overkill?

I now christen thee "Plaza of 88 Sandwich Boards".

Goodness, how anyone could miss an enormous Safeway store is beyond me.

Missed Opportunity #2

Adjacent to the New Westminster SkyTrain Station - or should I say UNDER the SkyTrain tracks, is the concourse for the other portion of the mall shown in yesterday's post.
Again, I doubt that this will become a gathering place for people. The day I was there it was dark and had a wind-tunnel effect going on.

It will be interesting to see how this space develops as more businesses move in and final details are completed.

Missed Opportunity #1

The closer it gets to completion, the more I dislike Plaza 88. Monolithic malls are no way to create community and encourage people to gather along a city street. This part of Columbia sees pretty much no foot traffic and I feat it won't in the future. Missed opportunity by the city and developer to create something positive at this corner.

Wide angle

Same building as yesterday, but a wider view east down Columbia Street, to the River Market at right, opposite the railway tracks.

Kid Stuff

This sort of design, while quirky, is most likely going to look garish and dated in a very short period of time.

Airborne

Ok. So. This appears to be a fire escape. The architecture surrounding these 3 tower blocks and associated shopping plaza is a little...baffling.

Bridging

View down from the SkyTrain platform across Eighth Street.